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SKETCHES 



FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS 



NEWTON TOWNSHIP. 



OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY, 



WEST NEW JERSEY. 



BY JOHN CLEMENT, OF HADDONFIELD, N. J. 



"An Ungrateful Generation Neglected the Memory of its Fathe 



CAMDEN, N. J.: 

pRlNTEfi BY SiNNICKSON CheW, N. E. CoRNER FrONT AND MARKKT STREETS. 

1877. 



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Entered, according to an act of Congress, in the year 1877, by John Clement, in the 
office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 






TO 

MY FATHER'S MEMORY 

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, THE MERITS OF WHICH, IF ANY IT HAS, ARE DUE TO HIS 
INTEREST IN A CORRECT 

HISTORY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS 

ABOUT HIS NATIVE PLACE, WHICH INTEREST HE SO FAITHFULLY SOUGHT TO 

IMPART TO ^ 

THE AUTHOR. 



PREFACE. 



THE colle6lion and preservation of fa6ls illustrative of the 
early history of West New Jersey have always been, 
to the author of this volume, a pleasing task. The little 
interest manifested in these events which are so rapidly 
* passing from memory, and which hitherto have attra6led 
so little attention, has prompted this purpose and given 
it greater importance. The arrangement of the material 
here presented to the public, it is hoped, may not be 
entirely without value, for the reason that, by this means, 
some fa6ts may be saved from oblivion, inquiry assisted, 
and new light shed upon a subjecSl too long neglected, 
and too much mystified by time. The method of reference 
which has been adopted will enable the reader to consult 
the authorities used, and thus any particular line of inquiry 
may be the more fully pursued. 

It is not claimed that these Sketches are a complete 
history of the times to which they relate, although much 
effort has been made in that direction ; nor that they are 
entirely free from error; yet, if any interest shall be excited, 
or any one stimulated to examine the subject still more 
critically, their purpose will not be wholly defeated. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE first Dutch, Swedish and English settlements on the 
Delaware river have been so comprehensively considered 
by various writers within the last half century, except those 
included within the limits of Newton Township, Gloucester 
County, West New Jersey, now embraced in the city of 
Camden and Haddon Township, Camden County, and places 
adjacent thereto, that, to recite their history here, would be a 
needless repetition. Upon that subject little uncertainty now 
remains, since nearly all the leading facts that, for many 
years, appeared contradi6lory or doubtful, have been reconciled 
and settled, so that no reader, however particular or inquisitive, 
need go astray. 

But the persons who, separately or colleftively, made up the 
English colonies upon the New Jersey shore of the Delaware 
should not pass unnoticed; nor can they be lost sight of, 
however prominently the results of their undertaking may be 
presented. They were men of decided views and positive 
characteristics, of clear and discerning minds, able to consider 
a subje(ft in all its bearings, and endowed with courage to over- 
come obstacles apparently insurmountable. 

Feeling that the abuse of power had not only made their 
property insecure, but was also destroying the quiet of their 
firesides, they naturally looked for some other land in which 
these troubles could be avoided. With the warmest attachment 
to the fundamental principles of the government under which 
they lived, they were forced to seek a new home, where these 



8 INTRODUCTION. 

principles could be enjoyed in their original purity. Adhering 
to their religious belief with a tenacity that could not be shaken, 
and in that belief finding nothing that encouraged resistance, the 
" Plantations in America" were the only asylum in which the 
proper administration of law could be assured, since these 
colonies were too distant, and of too little importance, to 
attra6l the attention of those in authority at home. Not long 
did it take to put these conclusions into shape, and the unan- 
imity with which they were accepted gave force and character 
at once to the movement. 

Here was a novel and responsible enterprise ; one new in its 
inception, new in its development and uncertain in its results; 
dependent for its success upon the business capacity and per- 
sistence of those who had enlisted in the cause; yet little 
time elapsed before such as were equal, or unequal, to the 
task began to appe^ar. Among the original proje6lors, the timid 
were soon replaced by others more sanguine, and such as hesi- 
tated, at once found those who were glad to accept their 
positions. 

With a common object, no radical difference of opinion 
delayed its consummation ; hence a general outline of procedure 
was soon adopted, and the leaders found themselves clothed 
with responsibilities hardly anticipated. Their object was a 
declared and open one, to be obtained without bloodshed, yet 
through privation, suffering and sacrifice. They were not 
mere adventurers in search of wealth to be procured by rapine 
and the sword, regardless of the rights of others ; nor did they 
endeavor to seduce the unsuspecting into their scheme by plau- 
sible or specious promises. Their purpose was to secure a new 
home in the wilds of America, and, in so doing, to lay the 
foundations of a government that would give to themselves the 
enjoyment of liberty in its legally restri6led sense, and would 
perpetuate the same blessings to their descendants. How well 
they did this needs no answer from the present generation, 
which now reaps the full fruition of the labors of these pioneers 
in their efforts to obtain civil and religious liberty. In this light 
it is proper to regard them, and to admire their fidelity in laying 
so broad and deep the fundamental principles of human rights, so 



INTRODUCTION. 9 

that these have come to us, after two hundred years, as pure and 
inspiring as when first published to the world. Nor did they 
hesitate when they found themselves in a strange land, sur- 
rounded by difficulties even greater than they had looked for. 
Without a dwelling, save such as could be made of the sails of 
their vessels ; without an acre of land prepared for culture, and 
without a friend to welcome or diredl them ; they at once 
established their religious meetings, organized their form of 
government, and put in operation . their code of laws, the 
liberality of which is felt to the present time. Nothing shows 
their intention to abandon the undertaking, or to yield to the 
discouragements that met them; but each successive day proved 
the wisdom of their plans, and strengthened their belief that 
success must ultimately follow. 

The influence of female example also deserves to be com- 
mended. Taken from their homes and from the circle of relatives 
and friends where the refinements, if not the luxuries, of life 
could be enjoyed, and where the strongest ties of human nature 
exist — the courage and the faithfulness of the wives and daughters 
of the first comers to the soil of New Jersey must excite the admi- 
ration of every reader. The trials and exposures through which 
they passed cannot, in our day, be fully appreciated. In the 
midst of a wilderness where even shelter was an object, these 
women are found, showing by word and deed that no complaint 
of theirs should bring despondency upon the little company. 
Resolute in the discharge of every duty, and unceasing in their 
efforts to contribute to the comfort and encouragement of their, 
companions, they displayed those traits of chara6ler which belong 
to the sex alone, and which always accomplish so much when 
brought into a(5lion. Having shared every sacrifice and met 
every requirement, their position in the first endeavor to settle 
our State with English colonists should be made a promi- 
nent one and must ever command respe6l. 

From these small beginnings at Salem, at Burlington, and at 
Newton, can be traced the development of West New Jersey; 
. and to the families who made the first adventure, many of its 
citizens can follow their direct line of blood. 



The letters O. S. G., used in the foot notes, refer to the records in the 
office of the Surveyor-General of West New Jersey. All other references, 
except those specially noticed, are made to the records in the office 
of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, N.J. Those indicated by letters 
contain records of deeds, and those by numbers contain records of wills. 

Many of the wills, probates and letters of administration of the firsti 
settlers in Burlington and Gloucester counties — part of Mercer county thenl 
being in Burlington, and Atlantic and Camden counties being part oS 
Gloucester — are on file and not recorded. The like documents, however, 
of Salem county — then embracing what now form Salem, Cumberland and 
Cape May counties — are entered in the Salem books in the same office 
at Trenton. The records of many marriages of early times will be found 
in the court minutes of Salem and Burlington counties ; some also will 
be found in the book of "Licenses of Marriages," of later date in the 
same office. 



ROBERT ZANE. 



ROBERT ZANE was the pioneer of the settlement at 
Newton. He was the first of that colony who left the 
shores of his native land to seek a new home in an unknown 
and unsettled country.^ He did not wait the tardy move- 
ments of his associates, but took advantage of the first 
opportunity by which he could become acquainted with the 
place in which his life was to be spent, his children to be reared 
and his bones to be laid. With the vigor of youth and a 
fondness for adventure, he entered upon his purpose with a 
determination that could not be foiled. He was too young to 
be the victim of religious persecution, yet his sympathies were 
with those whose estates were being wasted, and whose persons 
were at the caprice of unrestrained authority. While these 
abuses excited his indignation, riper minds than his had con- 
vinced him that new homes, new laws and new rulers were 
the. only hopes for security and peace. The records of his 
time follow so close upon his footsteps that he is seldom lost 
sight of, and, from the first to the last, no question arises as 
to his identity under so ■niany different aspects. 

Thomas Sharp, in his Memorial, refers to him as coming from 
the city of Dublin to Salem four years before he. Sharp, came 
to Newton ; and all authorities agree that he was one of the 
members of the first Friends' Meeting established at Salem in 
1675. He probably was in the ship with John Fenwick, among 
many other emigrants who arrived at Elsinburg in September 



I Hazzard's Annals of Pennsylvania, 422 



12 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of the year named, this vessel being the first which came to 
Salem under the auspices of that remarkable man. There is 
abundant evidence that his stay at Salem was designed to be but 
temporary, although his name frequently occurs in the proceed- 
ings of the Friends' Meetings of that place, from the year 1678 
to the time of his removal. His name is not among those 
signed to the agreements made by the planters with the chief 
proprietor ; nor was he of those who located lands in the 
Salem Tenth, and received their title from the same person with 
a view to permanent settlement. He does not appear to have 
participated in the government of the colony, or to have been 
a party to the troubles between Fenwick and his Dutch and 
English rivals. His only purchase of real estate during the 
four years of his residence there, was that of a town lot, which 
he subsequently sold to William Royden in 1689, several years 
after he had settled at Newton.^ Thus the whole course of 
his a6lions, previous to the coming of Thomas Thackara and of 
the others with whom he associated, shows that his departure 
from home with John Fenwick was made in expe6tation of 
being followed by them, and of their forming a united settle- 
ment within the bounds of the Irish Tenth, many miles from 
the place of his first arrival. The limits of the territory in 
which this settlement was to be made, were shown to him soon 
after the arrival of the London and Yorkshire commissioners, 
as lying between Penisaulcin and Timber creeks, two large and 
well defined streams. Beside these, but two others, at all navig- 
able, found their way into the Delaware within the bounds 
fixed ; upon any one of which the sele6lion could be made. 
No one can doubt that Robert Zane traversed each of these 
to examine locations, test the soil and discover the most eligible 
place "to settle down by." Opposite to where. the Swansons 
had made their farms, and where now stands the southerly part 
of the city of Philadelphia, the mouth of Newton creek opened 
into the river and was in full view from the spot where their 
houses stood. Near their dwellings a few scattered huts were 
already built, which gave the place some pretensions to a town, 
whose inhabitants, however, at that time, were all Swedes. 



2 Salem Deeds No. 4, 16 



ROBERT ZANE. 13 

About this time William Penn arrived at Shackomaxin, and the 
prospe6l was that a town would be laid out, extending along the 
river front from the last named point down to the little Swedish 
village; and including it. To be near this growing place, 
Robert no doubt, considered desirable ; and, when his friends 
arrived from Ireland, he called their attention to these advan- 
tages, and, through his representations, the place on the north 
bank of Newton creek was fixed upon, and an embryo town 
soon built. 

These friends and associates, to whom reference has before 
been made, may be known through two separate and distin6l 
papers, bearing widely different dates, and made for entirely 
different purposes. The iirst is a deed, dated April 12th, 1677, 
made by Edward Bylinge and his trustees to Robert Turner, 
of Dublin,'' '■'■Robert Za/ie, of Dublin, Serge Maker, and others 
for one whole share of Propriety in West New Jersey;" and 
the second is the Memorial of Thomas Sharp, dated in 1718, in 
which a history is given of all their proceedings down to the 
writing of the same, covering a space of forty-one years, and 
until after the death of several of those in the first interested. 
Taking these papers together, the one as the first and the other 
as the last, the coincidence of names, dates and localities are 
remarkable, and puts at rest any question touching the persons 
participant in that adventure. 

As an artisan, Robert Zane was a worker in wool, manufac- 
turing a kind of material that bears the same name to this day, 
and which is used for the same purpose.* It is probable that 
he brought his looms with him, but he found no use for them 
here for several years after his coming, for the reason that the 
required material was not produced until agriculture had 
been somewhat advanced, and the people had made themselves 
farms from lands where before had stood an unbroken forest. 
A majority of his associates were educated to the same kind of 
labor, and, although producing a different stuff from their looms, 
yet all came under the general head of ' ' Weavers, ' ' and were 
thus known among their neighbors. 



3 Lib. B-i, 52. 

4 Lib. B-i, 52. 



14 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

In 1679 he married Alice Alday, of Burlington, in the 
Friends' Meeting at that place. Alice was, in all proba- 
bility, an Indian maiden. A faithful search among the names 
of the early settlers reveals none similar to hers; and it may 
fairly be concluded that Robert became enamored of the 
bronzed beauty in one of his perambulations among the natives 
of the soil. Perhaps some hunting expedition found him at 
night-fall, hungry and foot-sore, near the hospitable wigwam of 
an Indian chief, by whom he was invited to rest and accept the 
good cheer set before him; and, while the assurance of welcome 
delayed him for the night, he may have noticed a daughter of 
his host, of artless ways and graceful movements. 

" What though the sun with ardent frown. 
Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown," 

he could see in her a comely, and, to his youthful eye, an 
attra(51;ive person. To the talk by the evening fire, during 
which the old chief questioned him about " the story of his life," 
the dark-haired damsel would listen, and with "a greedy ear 
devour up his discourse," and thus give him an opportunity 
to watch her interest in his words, and to draw from her, at 
least, a look of sympathy. In relating the sad story of the 
wrongs that drove him, and those who were soon to follow, 
from their homes, he enlisted her pity, and thus won her love. 

In settling the preliminaries of the marriage, a name known 
in the English tongue must be agreed upon ; this trouble was 
easily overcome by those whose hopes and wishes now so 
closely assimilated. A due regard for the discipline of the 
church required that her ideas of religious belief should 
conform to the notions of Friends; this being made satis- 
fadlory, and a name having been fixed by her parents, nothing 
remained but the consummation of the nuptials. 

This marriage doubtless brought together a strange assemblage 
within the tent in which the meetings at Burlington were then 
held. Beside the plain and unpretending dress of the Quaker 
might be seen the gaudy and warlike costume of the aborigines, 
and while the one was chara6leristic of non-resistance and 
peace, the other bespoke resentment and revenge. In the one, 
humility and a patient waiting for results were apparent; a 



ROBERT ZANE. 15 

bold and defiant expression could be seen in the bearing of the 
other. The restraining influence of civilization was strikingly 
contrasted with unlettered barbarism. 

The arrival of his friends from Dublin in 1681, and their 
purpose to take up their abode in the Irish Tenth, made it 
necessary that Robert Zane should remove from Salem in order 
to carry out the original agreement formed before his coming to 
New Jersey. This may be inferred from Friend Sharp's history 
of that event, as well as from the deed before named. ^ In the 
search "up and down," he doubtless was the leader, and 
pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the different 
points, and gave them his knowledge of the surrounding 
country. His right was one-tenth of a whole share, and this, 
under the several dividends, gave him the privilege of making 
surveys, of which he and his sons took advantage, as appears by 
the records of that time. 

In the division of the original survey of one thousand seven 
hundred and fifty acres, as made in 1681,'' he took for his 
share, the upper part which extended from Newton creek to 
Cooper's creek, and which now includes the Collings estate, 
the Barton farm, and the plantation formerly held by Amos 
Haines, with other sub-divisions. He was the owner of prop- 
erty at Gloucester, which he disposed of previous to his death.'' 

With the political matters of the colony he had somewhat to 
do, being elected to the first Legislature in 1682, and returned 
in 1685.* During these sittings many important laws were 
passed, their necessity arising out of the new order of things, 
and being based upon a new charter of rights. The most of 
these were found to be salutary, and but little complaint arose 
among the people. 

In 1684 and also in the following year, he filled the office of 
constable ; but what executive duties he had to discharge when 
the inhabitants were so few, it is hard to understand. Each 
tenth appears to have had an officer of this chara6ler, appointed 
annually by the Legislature, whose authority was confined 
to the bounds of the same, while the sheriff, who was also 

5 Thomas Sharp's Memorial. 7 Lib. W., 59, O. S. G. 

6 Revels' Book, 52, 8 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



1 6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

appointed by the same power and for the same time, had his 
duties enlarged to the vaguely defined boundaries of the coun- 
ties, which boundaries in after years led to much trouble and 
litigation. 

Although his name does not appear among the records of the 
Newton Friends, yet he was an a6live member in that meeting 
and sought to maintain and advance their religious principles. 
In his day and generation opinions were well defined upon 
those points, and men were advanced in accordance with their 
views expressed or understood. 

In the year 1686, Robert Zane fell into a difficulty with a 
female, formerly a servant in his family, touching some obliga- 
tions on his part not complied with. The trouble assumed such 
proportions that it got beyond the control of the meeting, and 
found its way to the courts of justice, in which it became a 
matter of public record. The minute book of the court sitting 
at Gloucester explains the dispute, and the entire copy, as 
found and extra6led by Isaac Mickle, Esq., is its best history.' 

"Upon ye complaint of Rebecca Hammond against her late 
master, Robert Zane, for want of necessary apparel, as also his 
failure in some covenants that he was by his Indenture to 
perform ; it was ordered yt ye said Robert Zane before ye first 
day of ninth month next, shall find and give to ye said 
Rebecca Hammond apparel to the value of three pounds seven 
shillings and sixpence. And also fifty acres of land to her and 
her heirs forever. And in case ye said Robert dislike this order, 
then to stand and abide by ye a6l of Assembly in ye like case 
provided. Whereupon the said Robert Zane did at last declare 
that he would comply with ye aforesaid order and answer ye 
same. ' ' 

This appears to have been an a6t within the power of the 
court upon complaint of the servant, under the law passed in 
1682, which gave authority to examine into and settle such 
controversies between master and servant. ■'° The law required 
that the servant should have, at the end of the term, ten bushels 
of corn, necessary apparel, two horses and one axe. The fifty 



9 Mickle's Reminiscences of Old Gloucester, 39. 
TO Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



ROBERT ZANE. 17 

acres referred to were known as "head land," to which able 
bodied servants were entitled, and which the court dire6led to 
be conveyed. Friend Zane was not lessened by this suit in the 
good opinion of his neighbors, for his name is found in 
conne6lion with many positions of trust after that time. 

His house stood fronting Newton creek, near to, and perhaps 
a short distance above, the place where the Camden and White 
Horse turnpike crosses that stream, and on the farm lately 
owned by the heirs of Edward Z. Collings, deceased. Like all 
others of its day, no taste was displayed in its constru6lion, but, 
being surrounded by the primeval forest, and near a beautiful, 
living stream of water, its wild and romantic appearance would 
be attractive to an artist's eye. The clearing of the land, at 
that day, was a slow process, accomplished with few laborers 
and poor implements, while, to add to the difficulty, heavy 
timber had to be felled and removed ; yet these people soon 
began to write to their friends at home of the prolific soil, 
the favorable climate, and the plenty that perVaded the land. 

With all such flattering accounts, however, it is to be sup- 
posed that much of the means for the comfort and sustenance 
of the first settlers was derived from the forest and streams that 
teemed with game and fish of many kinds, which kept the wolf 
from the door in more than a single sense. 

An incident that occurred during the career of Robert Zane, 
showing the care with which the Society of Friends regarded 
the disputes among their members, and how much scandal was 
avoided by the settlement of such troubles within the pale of 
the church, may be noticed here. 

John White, a resident of Newton, died, leaving his brother 
Joseph, William Bates, Thomas Thackara and Robert Zane, 
executors of his will. The property which he left to be man- 
aged by his executors for the benefit of his children, was, for 
those times, considerable. In the progress of the settlement, a 
difficulty arose between Joseph White and the other executors, 
which found its way into both the Newton and the Salem 
Meeting, causing much discussion and ill feeling. A committee 
of six members from each meeting was appointed to settle the 
matter. This committee met at the house of Thomas Gard- 



1 8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

iner, Jr., at Woodbury creek, to hear what could be said by 
each party. A conclusion was reached, and an award ^signed by 
eleven of the committee, Richard Darkin of the Salem Meeting 
dissenting. This award was laid before the Salem Meeting 
upon the 26th day of the eighth month, 1691, and by it 
approved. Joseph White appealed to the Quarterly Meeting, 
which confirmed the a61; of the Monthly Meeting. In these pro- 
ceedings, Richard Darkin gave his reasons for not signing the 
award, which were considered by each meeting in its review of 
the same. In regular order, the parties took the matter to the 
Yearly Meeting, held at Burlington, and, on the 29th day of 
the second month, 1693, Richard Darkin on the one part, and 
Thomas Sharp, one of the signers of the award, on the other 
part, were heard by Francis Davenport, Alexander Brearley, 
Samuel Carpenter and James Fox, the committee appointed by 
the meeting. After due consideration, the meeting confirmed 
the award aforesaid in all things. Much dissatisfa6lion still 
existed, but, on the 24th day of the fourth month, 1695, the 
decision of the committee of the Yearly Meeting was reported 
to the Salem Meeting, and the controversy abandoned so far as 
regarded the trouble among the executors. 

John Hugg subsequently became the guardian of William 
White, son of the said John White. He also fell into 
difficulty with Joseph White, the contentious executor, about 
the payment of money due the ward, which was in his 
hands. In 1698, the guardian made complaint to the Salem 
Meeting of this default, and, in the next year, Edward Shippen, 
Anthony Morris and Isaac Norris were appointed a committee 
to adjust the same. This committee reported against Joseph 
White. In 1 703, the matter makes its appearance again at the 
Yearly Meeting in Salem. At this meeting Joseph White is 
rebuked for his negledl in the premises. In the twelfth month 
of that year, however, he appeared before the meeting at 
Salem, and showed that a settlement had been made between 
himself and William White, thus putting an end to this tedious 
controversy. 

Robert Zane's will was executed in 1694, the year in which 
he departed this life. This paper is a ragged, damp-stained 



ROBERT ZANE. 19 

manuscript, in the files of the ofifice of the Secretary of State, 
where it has probably escaped the eyes of searchers, for a 
century past. It contains much valuable information about 
his real estate, and also gives some fa(5ts concerning his family. 
Elizabeth, a second wife and mother of several of his children, 
was made executrix. She died in 1700, before a settlement 
of the estate was effected.'^ She was a daughter of Henry 
Willis, of Hempstead, Long Island, who was appointed by the 
court to close up the executrix's accounts. The posthumous 
child, as named in his will, was a daughter, and was called 
Rachel. 

Nothing appears upon the papers to show who were the 
children of the first wife, so that the native blood can be 
traced to the later generations of the family. They were 
Nathaniel, who married Grace Rakestraw, of Philadelphia, in 

1697 ; Robert, who married Jane ; Elnathan, who 

married ; Simeon, who died without children ; 

Mary, Esther and Sarah. Nathaniel died in 1727 ; his children 
were Joseph, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Isaac, William, Margaret, 
Abigail and Hannah.'^ 

Robert deceased in 1744; his children were Robert, who 
married Mary Chattin ; Joseph ; William ; Simeon, who married 
Sarah Hooten ; Isaxic, who married Asuba Wilkins ; Rebecca, 
Rachel, Elizabeth, Esther ; and Sarah, who married James 
Whitall."-" 

Elnathan died in 1732. He was a shoemaker, and resided in 
Haddonfield. In 1703, he, Elnathan, sold 127 acres of land to 
John Fisher, the same being part of the estate owned by his 
father, lying next to Cooper's creek. John Fisher sold to 
Arthur Powell in 1716, who conveyed to William Cooper, 
of Philadelphia, in 1730.^* The same property passed through 
a branch of the Burroughs family to Amos Haines, who, in 
1804, devised it to his son Amos. Two of the children of 
Elnathan Zane, Nathaniel and Elnathan, also lived in the 
same place ; the last named of whom married Bathsaba 
Hartley, in 1761, a daughter of Roger and Rebecca Hartley, 



11 Gloucester files, 1700, 13 Lib. AB, 152. 

12 Lib. No. 2, 510. 14 Lib. No. 3, 138. Lib. K, i. 



20 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and half-sister to Mathias Aspden. This person was a son, 
by a second marriage, of the widow of Roger Hartley with 
Mathias Aspden, in 1756. As a shipping merchant, he 
accumulated a large estate and, upon the breaking out of 
the Revolutionary war, sympathized with the Crown and 
removed to England. In 1779, he was attainted of treason, and 
his property sold. In 1786, the attainder was removed, and 
damage awarded for the waste of his estate. He never married, 
and died in London, August 9, 1824. His estate followed the 
direction of a will made by him in 1791, and went to his 
heirs at law}^ These few words occupied the courts for more 
than twenty years, at an expense of thousands of dollars ; the 
English heirs being claimants on the father's side, and the 
American, being claimants in the maternal line. In 1833, Judge 
Baldwin decided in favor of the first named. An appeal was 
taken, and a new trial granted. In 1848, the verdict of a jury, 
before Judge Grier, in Philadelphia, was in favor of the Amer- 
ican claimants, which virtually put an end to the suit. The 
estate amounted to $600,000, and was distributed accordingly. 

It will be seen that the male branch predominated in the Zane 
family ; but many of them, having a spirit of unrest, incident 
to the blood in the maternal line, wandered into the West, far 
beyond the line of civilization, and the original estate passed 
out of the name in a few decades after the death of the first 
owner. By his, Robert's, will, one-third of the estate went to 
his son Nathaniel, and the same proportion to his son Robert. 
Nathaniel died in 1727, and devised his part to his son Joseph, 
who also bought his uncle Robert's share in 1740. Joseph 
deceased in 1759, and gave this estate to two of his children, — 
Esther, wife of Richard Collings, and Rhoda, wife of Thomas 
Heppard.^" The last named sold the undivided half-part to 
Richard Collings, in 1762, whereby the latter became owner 
of the original estate, as before named." A portion of the 
same is still held in the family ; but much the larger part has 
passed to other owners.^* 

This Richard Collings (who was one of the descendants of 
Francis Collins), on account of the numerous family of that 



15 Supreme Court of the United States, No. i6o. 17 Lib. W., 59, O. S. G. 

16 Lib. No. 9, 238. 18 Lib. B, 316, Gloucester Records, 



ROBERT ZANE. 21 

name in this region, and for the purpose of distin61;ion, changed 
the spelling of his name, by introducing the letter g ; this has 
led to some confusion in genealogy ; yet the tradition is 
generally accepted, and is looked upon as correct. 

James Whitall, who married Sarah, one of the daughters of 
the second Robert Zane, settled on a farm which he purchased 
of Samuel Shivers, in 1725. This property fronted Cooper's 
creek, in Haddon township, and was formerly known as the 
"Ann Burr Farm." James Whitall must have died a few years 
after, for, in 1729, his executors sold the same to John Eastlack. 
In 1742, it became part of the estate of Elizabeth Estaugh (by 
her husband's will), who deeded it to her nephew, Ebenezer 
Hopkins, in 1752; one of whose children was the before- 
named Ann Burr. 

Isaac Zane, a grandson of the second Robert, in his wander- 
ings among the early settlers of the Western States, was captured 
by the Indians, and remained with them for many years. The 
contradi6lory statements made in regard to this person have 
lead to much doubt as to the truth of the story ; and, with some, 
he is placed in a different family and conne6led with a different 
history. DeHass, in his history of the Indian wars of Western 
Virginia, published in 185 1, says that the family is of Danish 
origin, that it first moved to France, thence to England, and 
finally emigrated to America ; and that one branch settled in 
New Jersey, nearly opposite to Philadelphia, and the other in 
Virginia. From the Virginia branch, this historian traces the 
pioneers of the Western wilds, and places Ebenezer Zane at the 
head of these brave men. His first cabin was built where the 
city of Wheeling now stands, and there he ere6led a stockade 
for the protedtion of his family, in 1777. He was employed by 
the United States government in various positions of trust and 
responsibility, and always discharged his duties to satisfaction. 
From this man the name and family have become numerous in 
Western Virginia. He died in 1811.^® 

Reference is made to Jonathan and Silas Zane, brothers 
of Ebenezer, who were his companions in arms against the 
Indians. Jonathan was considered the most expert hunter in 



19 DeHass's History of Indian Wars in Western Virginia, 331. 



22 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

his day, and often aided in the capacity of a spy in the 
troubles with the red men. Reference is also made to Isaac 
Zane, who, the account says, was captured when about nine 
years of age, and, becoming thoroughly Indian in habits 
and appearance, married the sister of a Wyandotte chief. 
By her he acquired a large landed estate, and had a family 
of eight children. He remained true to the whites, and, 
by timely information, saved them from many bloody 
visitations. In consideration of these services, the govern- 
ment granted him ten thousand acres of land on Mad river. 

The remarkable coincidence of Christian names in this narra- 
tive with those of the descendants of the first-comer to 
Newton, would suggest some error on the part of DeHass in 
fixing the location of their settlement, and would lead to the 
supposition that he had been misinformed in this respe6l. 

Letters and other memoranda now in possession of the family 
in this part of our State, place the identity of Isaac beyond a 
question. In 1798, an account of his captivity, marriage and 
position among the Indians, was published, and a visit which he 
made to his friends and relatives about Newton, goes to show 
that he was of the New Jersey family, and that Robert Zane was 
his ancestor.™ 

The family is numerous in most of the Western States ; it has 
sprung from the hardy, brave men whose love of adventure and 
fondness for the solitude of the wilderness, kept them in 
advance of civilization. About the old homestead plantation, 
no one bearing the name has owned any of the soil for many 
years ; and, but for the titles and traditions that are inseparably 
conne6led therewith, they would have long since been forgotten. 

20 Family Papers. 



THOMAS SHARP. 



OF the few colonists who settled in Newton in 1681, 
Thomas Sharp was the master spirit. He infused his 
Energy and good judgment into the whole company ; was their 
adviser and guide, and was, no doubt, as he deserved to be, 
their leader in all important undertakings. He was an Irish- 
man, and by occupation a "woolstead comber,'" but appears to 
have had better opportunities for education than most persons 
at that time, or, certainly, than those with whom he was 
associated. 

Although, as he says, a young man, he had the entire confi- 
dence of his companions, and the end shows that this confidence 
was not misplaced or abused. He was a nephew of Anthony 
Sharp, a wealthy merchant of Dublin, who became the owner 
of several shares of propriety ; part of which he conveyed to 
Thomas, who also a6led as his agent in the sale of the 
remainder. Under this conveyance he made all his locations, 
and took part in the government of the Province. 

A faithful sketch of the life of this man, from the time of 
his arrival in New Jersey until his death, would be a history 
of Gloucester county for that period, and would be the most 
reliable basis upon which the writer could found his statements. 
His thorough knowledge of the country, his acquaintance with 
the settlers, and his truthful accounts of the progress of the 
colony, as by himself recorded, have made him an authority 
not to be questioned. 

I Lib. G-3, 36. 



24 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Touching the first settlement at Newton, no better account 
can be given than_ his own, so that future generations may 
have the evidence of a participant therein. Although written 
thirty-seven years after that event, yet it contains an exa6l 
statement of fa6ls, and embodies everything necessary to an 
accurate knowledge of that undertaking. Every reader will 
peruse it with interest, and may thank Friend Sharp for doing 
so good a work for those coming after him. It is here 
presented entire, as copied from Liber A, of Gloucester county 
deeds, page 98, in the office of the Secretary of State, at 
Trenton, New Jersey : — 

• "Let it be remembered yt upon ye nineteenth day of Sep- 
tember, in ye year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and 
eighty-one, Mark Newby, William Bates, Thomas Thackara, 
George Goldsmith and Thomas Sharp, set saile from ye Harbor 
belonging to ye city of Dublin, in ye Kingdom of Ireland, in a 
pink called '■Ye owners adventure,'' whereof Thomas Lurtin, of 
London, was commander, and being taken sick in ye city, his 
mate, John Dagger, officiated in his place ; in order to trans- 
port us, and yt we might settle ourselves in West Jersey, in 
America. And by ye good providence of God we arrived in 
ye Capes of Delaware ye eighteenth day of November following, 
and so up ye bay until we came to Elsinburg, and were landed 
with . our goods and families at Salem, where we abode ye 
winter. But it being very favourable weather and purchasing 
a boat amongst us, we had an opportunity to make search up 
and down in yt which was called ye Third tenth, which had 
been reserved for ye proprietors dwelling in Ireland, where we 
might find a place suitable for so many of us to settle down 
together, being in these early times somewhat doubtfull of ye 
Indians, and at last pitched down by yt which is now called 
Newton creek, as ye most invitingist place to settle down by, 
and then we went to Burlington, and made application to ye 
commissioners yt we might have warrants dire6led to Daniel 
Leeds, ye Surveyor General, to survey unto every of us, so 
much land as by ye constitution at yt time was alloted for a 
settlement being five hundred acres, or yt we had a right to, for 
a taking up it under, which accordingly we obtained. 



THOMAS SHARP. 25 

''At which time also Robert Zane, who came from ye city of 
Dublin, and had been settled in Salem, four years before, 
joined in with us who had a right to a tenth. Mark Newby to 
a twentieth, William Bates to a twentieth, Thomas Thackara to 
a twentieth, Thomas Sharp (out of his uncle Anthony Sharp's 
right) a twentieth, and George Goldsmith (under ye notion of 
Thomas Starkey's right) a tenth; all which of us, excepting 
William Bates who took his on ye southerly side of Newton 
creek, we took our land in one tract together for one thousand 
seven hundred and fifty acres, bounding in ye forks of Newton 
creek and so over to Cooper's creek, and by a line of marked 
trees to a small branch of ye fork creek and so down ye same 
as by ye certificate of it standing upon record in ye Secretary 
office it doth appear. And after some time finding some 
inconveniency in having our land in common together being 
at ye time settled at ye place now called Newton in ye manner 
of a town for fear as aforesaid at which being removed we came 
to an agreement to divide. George Goldsmith he choose the 
head of the creek, Thomas Sharp the forks or lower end of the 
land next towards the river, by which means the rest kept to 
their settlements without any disadvantage to themselves. 

"And so ye land was divided according to every man's right. 
But it is to be understood as I have so much hinted before, that 
by ye constitution of ye country at yt time, no person, let his 
right be never so great, should survey and take up above five 
hundred acres in one tra6l to make one settlement of, and yt 
within six months, or otherwise, it was free for any other person 
that had rights to land to survey it to himself as if it had never 
been taken up for any other person. Whereupon many were 
obliged in order to secure good places to themselves to give one 
hundred acres to secure the rest ; and many were deterred from 
taking up their land yt could not find means to secure it leaste 
they should spend money to no profit. Now ye state of ye 
case touching George Goldsmith (having a full and certain 
knowledge thereof) is this wise. Thomas Starkey did desire 
and order George Goldsmith to take up some land for him in 
West Jersey ; when it is reasonable to suppose he had a right, 
but brought nothing with him to make it appear, and ye com- 



26 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

missioners at yt time gave way by ye credit of the report of ye 
rest concerned that he might take up five hundred acres, but it 
never was returned in Starkey's name. 

"George Goldsmith being uneasy under ye circumstance he 
lay, writ several times to Thomas Starkey, giving him to under- 
stand he had taken up five hundred acres of land for him 
provided he would allow him one hundred acres of it for 
settling the same as ye general custom then was. The letters 
either miscarried or otherwise the demand being ungrateful to 
him he answered them in silence. Supposing as it may be 
supposed yt ye land being taken up for him could not be taken 
from him, it could not be allowed. 

"Now this put George upon further thought what to do to 
secure himself, whereupon he made application to Robert 
Turner and layeth his case before him, signifying if he would 
allow him one hundred acres of yt land whereon he had made 
his improvements, he would suffer him to take \\\) yt five 
hundred acres in his own right. Robert taking the matter 
in due consideration and searching the records at Burlington 
about it, and finding it so to lie recorded in George Gold- 
smith's name, who had no right at any time to take up any 
land in yt province, agrees to survey it to himself, and accord- 
ingly did, and records it as such in ye Secretary's office; 
conveys one hundred acres of ye same, according to agreement, 
to George Goldsmith, and unto his heirs and assigns forever. 
The other four hundred acres he sold unto Isaac Hollingsham. 

"The foregoing is a true relation of yt settlement of Newton, 

as also a true and impartial account of ye foregoing tract of 

land, settled by George Goldsmith. Given under my hand the 

3rd month, 3rd, 1 718. 

"Thomas Sharp. 

"Allowed by John Kay, the 3rd month, 4th, 1718." 

In addition to the one thousand seven hundred and fifty 
acres located as before named, there were also one hundred 
acres of meadow land taken up at the mouth of Kaighn's run, 
and fronting on the Delaware river. This was done for the 
purpose of procuring hay for their cattle through the winters ; 
and it shows how careful they were in obtaining lawful posses- 



THOMAS SHARP. ' 27 

sion of the soil before they applied its products to their own 
purposes. 

In many of the old papers this stream is called Little Newton 
creek, but, like others, this title has been lost and that of an- 
adjacent owner substituted. 

Like the larger tracts, the meadow was soon divided into 
lots, showing that their being held in common led to trouble 
among the owners.^ The map here given is the only history of 
that transa6lion, but is sufficient to show the manner in which 
it was accomplished. 

For some reason not explained, the bounds of the county 
of Gloucester were not defined by Legislative enadlment until 
the year 1694, although the judicial limits thereof seem to have 
been recognized as early as 1682, in which year Thomas Sharp 
was appointed constable of the third tenth, ^ which same 
became part of the said bailiwick. This executive office, 
although defined as that of constable, must have extended to 
that of sheriff, since, in the same year, Burlington and Salem 
counties each had a sheriff appointed under the same authority, 
yet no such action was taken in regard to the third and the 
fourth tenth. As suggested by Isaac Mickle, Esq., in his 
notice of this matter, the confusion caused by Edward Byllynge 
in the colony, and the long adjournment of seven years of the 
Legislature, may be accepted as the reasons, but nothing 
satisfactory appears of record in regard to the matter. The 
inhabitants of that region of country, however, did not wait 
the tardy movements of their law makers, but proceeded with 
all due solemnity to establish a county for themselves — a 
faithful record of which action, made by Thomas Sharp at 
the time, is still preserved in the Clerk's office, of Gloucester 
county, at Woodbury. It runs as follows : — 

" Cxloucester, ye 28th of May, 1686. By ye propyetors, free- 
holders and inhabitants of the third and fourth tenths, (alias. 
County of Gloucester,) then agreed as followeth : Imprimis — 
That a courte be held for the jurisdi6lion and limits of the 
aforesaid tenths or county, one tyme at Axwamus, (alias, 
Gloucester,) and another tyme at Red Bank. 



2 Revel's Book, 50-59. 

3 Learning & Spicer's Laws,. 



28 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Item : — That the four courts for ye jurisdiction aforesaid, 
be held in one year at ye days and times hereafter mentioned, 
viz : Upon ye first day of ye first month, upon ye first day 
of ye fourth month, upon ye first day of ye seventh month, 
and upon ye first day of ye tenth month. 

Item : — That ye first courte shall be held at Gloucester 
aforesaid, on ye first day of September next. 

Item : — That all warrants and summons shall be drawn by 
ye Clerk of ye courte, and signed by ye Justice, and soe 
delivered to ye Sheriff or his Deputy to execute. 

Item: — The body of each warrant, &c., shall contayne or 
intimate the nature of ye a6lion. 

Item : — That a copy of the declaration be given along with 
ye warrant by ye Clerk of ye courte, that soe ye defendants 
may have the longest tyme to consider ye same and prepare 
his answer. 

Item: — That all summons, warrants, &c., shall be served, 
and declarations given at least ten days before ye courte. 

Item : — That ye Sheriff shall give ye jury summons six days 
before ye courte be held on which they are to appear. 

Item : — That all persons within ye jurisdi6lion aforesaid, 
bring into ye next courte ye mark of their hoggs and other 
cattell, in order to be approved and recorded."* 

With these novel proceedings, clerk Sharp had much to do, • 
and, in all probability, prepared the paper as recorded ; which 
in after years was received as legitimate, and so recognized 
by the Legislature of the colony. After that time the records 
were regular, and, all such as had occasion to appear at courts, 
either voluntarily or otherwise, submitted to the a6lion thereof 
without protest. Isaac Mickle, Esq., author of "The Rem- 
iniscences of Old Gloucester," has copied many interesting 
things from these ancient books into his valuable work, which 
show Thomas Sharp to have been an efficient recorder and 
master of his duties. In view of the much labor and the poor 
pay, our clerk facetiously gets off the following lines, doubtless 
after a hard day's work : 

" The clerks of this county I think I may proclaim, 

Will not at present the owner of it load with much gain. 

T. S." 



4 Lib. A, Court Minutes, Woodbury. 



THOMAS SHARP. 29 

More truth than poetry is certainly here contained, yet 
nothing appears to prove that any duty was negle6led, or 
further complaint made by that worthy man. After the 
machinery of the new county was fairly adjusted and found 
to run smoothly, Thomas Sharp withdrew from the duties 
of clerk, and was succeeded by John Reading, who served 
the people for many years after. 

Being the only surveyor in these parts, his time was much 
occupied in that kind of business. In addition to the recording 
of deeds for the county, he kept a private book of all his 
proceedings, in which he placed maps and memoranda, showing 
his great care in such matters and his ability as a pra6lical man. 
He also made other books containing plans of houses, calcula- 
tions of the movements of the sun and moon, and many other 
things in accordance with his taste and leisure. One of these 
volumes was left in the hands of Hannah Ladd, after his decease, 
and was deemed so valuable, that an a6l of the Legislature was 
passed to have the same placed in the office of the Surveyor- 
General at Burlington, N. J. ; thus it was made a lawful record, 
and has been so recognized to the present time. His money 
accounts, settlements and charges, will be found scattered 
through them. An occasional extract from them may prove 
interesting. In the year 1720, he paid several subscriptions for 
John Estaugh, towards the building of the meeting house at 
Haddonfield, of fifteen pounds each ; he, at that time, having 
charge of much of that person's estate, in the colle6lions of rents, 
&c. In the discharge of these duties, he traveled to Amboy in 
one dire(5lion, and to Cohansey in another, at each of which 
places John Estaugh had landed estate. In 1686, he appears to 
have paid the expenses of transporting Isaac Gooden and family 
from England, which he itemized in the following manner : 

£, s. d. 

Passage for self and wife, --.... 

Lost, .-----.-. 

For carrying goods, ...--. 

For burial of his wife, ------- 

Fox' nursing child, - - - - . - 

Expenses from home to ship, ------ 

In shors, [chores ?] - 

18 05 06 



II 


00 


00 


2 


03 


00 


00 


15 


00 


I 


16 


00 


00 


06 


00 


2 


00 


CO 


00 


05 


06 



30 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

These charges are light when compared with like expenses 
of the present day, and show about the average cost of 
removal from the one country to the other at that time. 

Perhaps the most curious part of these books is the poetry 
therein. Among the multifarious duties of this man as Sur- 
veyor, County Clerk, as Judge of the Court, weaver, dyer, 
and others not known, he found time to woo the muse, and 
has left in rhyme somewhat of the history of his times, of the 
trials that vexed the church, and of other things to be gathered 
by the reader. 

Part only is here given — not to be criticised too severely — 
but to show the character of the man, and the various occupa- 
tions in which he engaged. Like many of the old records, 
much has been defaced, and parts entirely obliterated by damp, 
but, perhaps, enough has been secured to show the meaning 
of the author. 

" By way of introdudlion — 
The settlement of Newton and its state, 
As then it was, and now, I do relate, 
Because my knowledge thereof was most true ; 
As by what follows here doth plainly shew. 
An introduiSlion doth this work begin 
Like silken clew for guide of strangers in, 
That in time to come it may plainly be. 
And they that know not, may be made to see. 
The matters here contained, as thou may find. 
Have been with pressure some years on my mind ; 
But now, at last, I have thought it well. 
And to Posterity, its good to tell. 



In eighty-one, in Salem we did arrive. 

At which time then the People began to thrive, 

And had in store for to supply our want. 

Which, otherwise, would have been rather scant. 

If to Burlington had gone, as we were bound. 

We should be lost and disadvantage found 

It would have been most surely unto us. 

And must have pinched and punished ye purse. 

Now being settled on this wise, I say. 

The winter mild, and nothing in the way. 

We had ye advantage for to try and find 

A place that was agreeing to our mind. 

After some time and labor spent, we agreed on 

The Creek, ye seat and place now called Newton. 

The persons yt thus had ye care to fix. 

Did, in ye whole, amount to number six. 

So in ye Spring we made our settlement. 



THOMAS SHARP. 31 

And lived so as that we were content; 

Although somtimes we were hard bestead, 

Yet the Lord in kindness did afford us bread. 

In Newton then there did shine 

Some yt were zealous and 'divine; 

They largely did with care provide 

For those yt come from ye true guide, 

To diredl their minds to stand in truth. 

They had received in they er youth ; 

Yet in a while some youth did show 

That they in goodness did not grow. 

But now poor Newton is decayed ; 

The youth not zealous, I am afraid. 

Nor don't endeavor with ye care 

Their forfathers took a larger share. 

I shall be glad I live to see 

Their zeal increased and better be. 

And they endeavour to remove 

By real adlion in true love ; 

Then I am in hopes ye case will mend. 

And be far better in ye end ; 

But, if they careless do remain. 

Then will ensue both loss and pain. 

The love I have yt they may come. 

And with true drawings really won 

And settle in ye lasting truth 

Their forfathers set in their youth, 

That in ye end they may obtain 

That which will be their lasting gain. 

And leave yt odour unto theirs. 

As did their fathers who are in their. 

— By T. S., the 14th of ye 12th mo., 1718." 

To return to the pra(5lical regarding the subje6l of our 
sketch, — he may be again found in the discharge of a good 
work, the keeping of a town book, commenced in 1723. This 
contains the record of the proceedings of the town meetings 
of the people of Newton, the entries being made in his quaint, 
odd manner, with a style of penmanship peculiar to himself. 
This duty he continued until 1728, inclusive, when his son 
Samuel succeeded him. Thus, in every new undertaking, he 
was the pioneer, laying down the general outlines of pro- 
ceedings, and giving up the duties when the same went 
forward properly. 

His map of the land in Newton township, made in 1700, 
and here given, is a paper that must interest every resident 
within its bounds, not only for the information therein 
contained, but also as showing the labor which he was willing 
to bestow upon a subje6l purely for the public good. This 



32 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

is but part of the valuable records of that nature which he 
has left, — records, extending over a large amount of territory in 
West New Jersey, in which he was commissioned as a deputy 
surveyor. The compass and protracting instruments used by 
him were of rude constru6lion, compared with those of our 
day, now so nicely and accurately adjusted by machinery ; 
yet, laboring as he did under these disadvantages, his field 
work and maps are not behind the best of the present time. 
In 1689, he laid out the city of Gloucester, designed, no 
doubt, as a rival to Salem and Burlington, which were already 
villages of some pretension. These towns had even start with 
Philadelphia, but they have, many years since, lost all com- 
parison in present or prospedlive importance. 

By appointment of the Legislature in 1684, with Henry 
Wood, Francis Collins and William Bates, he became one of 
the commission to lay out highways, which same appointment 
was continued the next year. 

In 1685, he was returned as a member of the Assembly, the 
session of which commenced May 12th, and sat for one day.* 
At the November session in the same year, his name does not 
appear, which would seem to imply that two ele6lions, 
preceding each sitting of that body, were had in each year. 

The trouble among the people settled about the Penisaukin 
creek, concerning the line between the counties of Burlington 
and Gloucester, appears to have existed for several years, and 
led to many wordy combats and considerable legislation.- 
The Grand Jury of each county took adion in the premises, 
and assumed a belligerent attitude toward each other, seeming 
to lay aside, for the time, the element of forbearance and 
non-resistance so prominent in the early days of Quakerism. 
In 1689, the courts of Gloucester county appointed a Com- 
mission to run and mark the said boundary line, and Thomas 
Sharp was the Surveyor.* The people of Burlington county 
were notified, and, if they chose, could have appeared and 
seen the work performed. Three years after the Legislature 
appointed four of its number to report upon this difficulty, 
but, their decision being unsatisfa6tory, the law was repealed 



5 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

6 Minute Book, Woodbury. 



THOMAS SHARP. 33 

at the next session. In 1694, an a6l was again passed, defining 
the boundaries of Gloucester county, but still leaving the cause of 
the difficulty an open question, by not fixing upon which branch 
of Cropwell river, or Penisaukin creek, the said boundary was to 
run. In 1709, however, an end was put to these differences 
by a law clearly naming the south branch ; and this has 
remained as then fixed to the present time.'' 

In 1700, Thomas Sharp was appointed one of the judges of the 
several courts of Gloucester county, and, if pra6lical knowledge 
has any merit, he was eminently qualified for that position. 
That he took an interest in the advancement and prosperity 
of the religious denomination of which he was a member, may 
be seen from the frequency with which his name occurs among 
the proceedings of that society. He was one of the trustees 
of the Newton Meeting, and, no doubt, assisted in the ere6tion 
of the first house that was set apart for religious worship. 
With Elizabeth Estaugh he selected the site for the meeting 
house at Haddonfield, surveyed the lot, wrote the deed, and 
put the same on record in his private book, after she returned 
from England with it, having the signature of her father 
thereunto attached. In this paper he has again shown his odd 
style of description. It reads thus : 

"As they shall see convenient to lay out from the tra6l of 
land settled by John Estaugh, lying in ye township of Newton, 
any where on ye north side of ye road yt leads out of ye 
King's road to Newton, as far from ye west corner of John 
Gill's fence as where ye said road intersects the same." 

Upon the deed he placed a map of the lot conveyed, by 
which all vagueness and uncertainty of description are cor- 
re6led. This remarkable man has left other interesting 
memorials and writings — generally of a religious chara6ler — 
not here copied for want of room. He participated in every 
political movement in and about the colony, and his name will 
be oftener found among the records at Burlington, Trenton or 
Woodbury, than that of any other man of those early times. 



7. Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



34 FIJiST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

In the division of the original survey as jointly held under 
the location, he says : "I took the forks or lower end of the 
land next toward the river."* There he settled, cleared a 
farm and improved some meadow. He owned property in 
other parts of the county, although not the holder of much 
real estate. 

Thomas Sharp was also appointed ranger for Gloucester 
county. The duties of this office cannot be better understood 
than by copying in full the commission and instru6lions to the 
appointee. 

" Province OF (- ' "^ To Thomas Sharp, of ye county of 

\ SEAL \ Gloucester, greeting : 

New Jersey, C J ^., ^ , u .i, • j i 

•^ -— ,— ' -I hou art hereby authorized by ye 

Western Division. power and order of ye Councill of 
Proprietors to be Ranger for Gloucester County. In all things 
well and faithfully discharging thy said office, and ye trust in 
thee reposed, according to ye instru6tions herewith sent. 
And from time to time and at all times, to give an account 
of thy proceedings in ye said office to ye President of ye 
Councill for ye time being, when, and so often as thou shalt by 
him be thereunto required, and make good to him ye effe6ls 
due to ye Proprietors forth of ye Royalty of rangeing. 

"Given under my hand and seal, ye fifth day of November, 
Anno Dom., 1708." 

Attached to the commission is a copy of instru6lions to 
rangers, explaining at once the purposes of the office, their 
duties and authority. These instru6lions are as follows : 

"Instructions for Rangers. 

"ist. All unmarked horses and mares above ye age of thirty 
months shall be accounted wild, and none others. 

"2nd. It shall be lawful for ye several rangers within their 
respe6live limmitts to take up such horses and mares, and shall 
give notice thereof, by fixing of papers ffor discovery of ye 
same in three of ye most publick places in ye County where 
they shall happen to be taken up. 



8 Revel's Book, 50. 



THOMAS SHARP. 35 

"3rd. After such publication ye same not being owned within 
ye space of four weeks, they shall be appraised by two honest 
men, indifferently to be appointed by ye Constable of that 
jurisdi(?lion, and after that exposed to sale by public vendue, 
ye one half part of ye price thereof to be paid into ye hands 
of ye President of ye said Councill for ye time being, and ye 
other halfe to ye ranger. 

"4th. Any such horses, mares or other cattle which shall be 
found unmarked and taken up, being claimed by any person, 
and its appearing by ye oaths or affirmations of two witnesses 
taken before one justice of ye peace within ye time above 
limited, that ye said creatures do belong to ye persons claiming 
ye same, and it happening yt ye owners and ranger cannot 
agree about ye reward, they shall choose, each of them, one 
indifferent and substantial man of ye same County to allot 
and award ye said ranger his fees and reward, ffor taking up 
ye same." 

His first wife and the mother of his children was Elizabeth 
Winn, whom he married in 1701. In 1729, he departed this 
life, and was, no doubt, buried in the old Newton grave yard. 
He left a will, executed in the year of his death, in which he 
named his children and disposed of his property.^ 

Five years before his death, he probably married Judith 

Potts, the widow of Thomas, and daughter of , Smith. 

From this marriage there was no issue. His children .were 
Thomas, who married Catharine Hollingham ; Isaac, who 
married Margaret Brathwill; Samuel, who married Martha 
Hall; Joseph, an idiot; John, who married Elizabeth Paine; 
Elizabeth, who married John Hallowell; Mary, who married 
Smith; and Sarah, who married ■ Pearce. 

In 1723, Thomas Sharp gave by deed part of the homestead 
property to his son Samuel, who settled thereon; and in the 
same year, he conveyed another part to his son John, who, in 
1 73 1, sold to his brother Samuel. At that time John resided 
in the parish of Christ's Church, London, and carried on the 
business of a weaver.^" He was the youngest son ; but why he 

9 Lib. No. 3, 56. 
10 Lib. DD, 358, O. S. G. 



36 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

took up his home in the mother country does not appear. 
Seven years after the death of his father, Samuel sold his land 
to Tobias Halloway, and probably removed from the neigh- 
borhood. In these latter days this estate is known as the 
"Burrough Farm," now part of the property of Samuel C. 
Champion, deceased." As the holders of any land, none of 
the name have been residents hereabout for many years. 
John Hallowell, who married Elizabeth, was a resident of 
Darby, Pennsylvania, and the ancestor of a large and respe6l- 
able family in that se6lion of the state. Mary and Sarah may 
also have left this part of the country after their marriages, as 
they cannot be traced with any certainty at this date. It is 
remarkable that the descendants of a man who played so 
prominent a part in the first settlement of Gloucester county, 
and who, more than any other, was careful to have the history 
of his time preserved to coming generations, should so soon 
be lost sight of, and not known among the families of the 
present day. 



II John Burrough's Re-survey, 1810, O. S. G. 



MARK NEWBIE. 



THIS man was an Englishman, a resident of the city of 
London, and a tallow chandler. He was a member of 
a Friends' Meeting, whose house of worship was in a street of 
that city, called "Barbican." Some of the antiquarians say 
that it derived its name as follows : 

"Barbican is a street near Smithfield, London.^ The 
Barbican, originally a Roman watch tower, lay little north of 
this street ; it was an appendage to most fortiiied places, 
and from it the street took its name." Another says: "Bar- 
bican is a good, broad street, well inhabited by tradesmen."'^ 

In 1681, the persecutions that were carried on towards the 
religious society of which he was a member, led many Friends 
to remove to Ireland, where the rigor of abused law was not 
so keenly felt, and where for several years this class of citizens 
enjoyed comparative peace and quiet. Among them was Mark 
Newbie, who disposed of his property in London, and had a 
temporary residence in Dublin, with a view to settling in America 
and making it his permanent home. 

The question of removal, was, at that time, and for the 
reasons before stated, very gravely considered among Friends, 
and, in fa6l, with some communities had already assumed a 
pra6lical shape. The movements of William Penn in this 
matter were watched with interest, for he had a controlling 
influence in the Society, and his steps therein were ready to be 



1 Smith's Antiquarian Rambles, Vol, 2, 170, &c. 

2 Murry's Hand Bookj 31. 



38 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

followed. His opinions soon became known, and these influenced 
others accordingly. In this movement Mark Newbie saw an 
opportunity to assist in carrying out his previously settled purpose, 
for, in the same year, he joined with William Bates and a few 
others, to make the adventure which ended in their settlement 
at Newton.'' The history of this has been well related by 
Thomas Sharp ; it combines the reasons, fa6ls and incidents 
thereof, better than any other account given, or that could be 
gathered at this late day. There are many reasons for supposing 
that Mark Newbie was a man or considerable estate, and, 
although he lived but a short time after his arrival, yet he 
became the owner of several trails of land, and had valuable 
personal property. The situation of his house in the settlement 
(which was an humble and unpretending habitation, ) is a 
question of more than ordinary interest to antiquarians, and 
to all such as care to preserve the history of the times in which 
lived these brave men, who planted the seed of civil and 
religious liberty now enjoyed by the millions occupying the 
soil.* 

Upon an old map left by Thomas Sharp, designed to show 
the several tra6ts of land owned by Robert Turner, within 
the bounds of Newton township, this faithful historian has 
marked the position of several houses, as they were placed the 
year after the arrival of the settlers, and after their separation. 
This map fixes it near the north side of the main, or middle 
branch of Newton creek, opposite to where William Bates had 
placed his cabin, a short distance below the old grave yard, 
but above the late residence of Samuel C. Champion, deceased. • 
Upon consulting a later map made by Friend Sharp, in 1700, 
much change may be seen as to the situation of the dwellings 
of the inhabitants ; but the house designated as Mark Newbie's 
has the same position as on the first paper showing its locality. 
At the last date, Stephen Newbie owned that part of his father's 
land extending from the main branch to fork branch, _^nd 
occupied the old homestead ; while his brother Edward had 
ere6led buildings upon the part of the paternal estate that lay 



3. Lib. A, 98, Gloucester Records. 
4 File T, O. S. G. 



MARK NEWBIE, 39 

north of the last named stream, and there lived. This division 
of the original property of Mark Newbie has been the cause of 
some doubt as to the true position of his residence, but the 
comparing of the two maps aforesaid places it beyond cavil. 

In one of the accounts of this colony left by Thomas Sharp, 
in his quaint manner he says : "And immediately there was a 
meeting set up and kept at the house of Mark Newbie, and in 
a short time it grew and increased, unto which William Cooper 
and family that lived at the Point resorted." This clearly 
proves not only where the house was situated, but also that 
within its walls was established the first Friend's Meeting in 
Gloucester county, and, after Salem and Burlington, the first 
in West New Jersey. In this dwelling, built of logs, with the 
earth for a floor and a bark roof for a ceiling, were the 
doctrines of a revealed religion first proclaimed upon our 
shores by those who had . left their homes and friends, to 
enjoy this privilege that was denied them there. 

The lapse of time has swept away from us every appreciation 
of this privilege, for no attempt has since been made to abridge 
the rights of citizens in the enjoyment of religious opinions. 
No change of government or political excitement, for the last 
one hundred and ninety years, (save the abortive attempt by 
Lord Cornbury,) has sought to -infringe this fundamental 
principle, so plainly and broadly laid down in the conces- 
sions and agreements of 1676. In this building assembled 
the families, in all not more than twenty persons, (attended, 
perhaps, by a few friendly Indians, who must have observed 
the similarity of these silent sittings to their own dignified and 
quiet assemblages,) who had come to take up their abode in the 
wilderness, and build for themselves and their posterity a 
government free from intolerance and persecution. 

Who among them, no matter how enlarged their views or 
speculative their notions, could foresee the nation which was to 
rise out of such imperfe6l beginnings ? That the latent powers 
embodied in their simple form of government should spread to 
the limits of a continent, and be the pride of a free and 
independent people ? That these elements, based in justice 
and founded in right, would be the centre whence would 



40 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

radiate civil and religious liberty, to be enjoyed and appre- 
ciated by all who should come within its influence ? 

This was the initial point whence originated the many 
religious communities according to the order of Friends that 
are known in various parts of the country, some of which have 
gone to decay, and to the present generation are unknown. 

Mark Newbie was also the founder of the first bank in the 
State of New Jersey, having a charter granted to him by the 
Legislature, — the words of the a6l running in this wise : 

"And for the more convenient Payment of small Sums, be it 
enadled, by the Authority aforesaid, that Mark Neiobie' s half- 
pence called Patrick's half-pence shall, from and after the said 
Eighteenth Instant, pass for half-pence Current pay of this 
Province ; provided, he, the said Mark, give sufficient Security 
to the Speaker of the House, for the use of the General 
Assembly from Time to Time being. That he, the said Mark, 
his Executors and Administrators, shall and will change the said 
half-pence for pay Equivalent upon demand ; and provided 
also, that no Person or Persons be hereby obliged to take more 
\.\\?a\ five shillings in one Payment."^ 

This law was passed at the session of May, 1682, and doubtless 
went into effect as soon as the said Mark had entered the proper 
security as required under the a6l. 

The history of this bank may be readily followed through 
the records of those days, and enough gathered to show its 
beginning, progress and end. As security to the people of the 
Province, and as required by law, Mark Newbie conveyed to 
Samuel Jennings and Thomas Budd, as commissioners, a tra6l 
of land in Newton township containing three hundred acres, 
located by the said Mark, 

When a settlement was made between the administratrix and 
the commissioners, a deficiency of thirty pounds was discovered 
in the banking operations, which was, however, made good out 
of his personal estate, thus releasing the land before named. 
By request of the widow, Hannah, Samuel Jennings and 

5 Learning & Spiger's Laws. 



MARK NEWBIE. 41 

Thomas Budd conveyed the same to Thomas Hohiies, William 
Bates and Thomas Jenney in trust for Edward Newbie, the 
second son of Mark, in 1685 ; ''but, if Edward die before he 
attain his majority, then to his brother and sister, Stephen and 
Rachel. "« 

Edward, however, lived to become the owner in fee, and by 
his will gave said land to his two sons, Nathan and Gabriel. 
Nathan died single and intestate, and his estate was merged 
into that 'of his brother Gabriel, who devised the same to his 
son John.'' 

On March 14th, 1764, John Newbie conveyed all the unsold 
parts of said tradl to Isaac Cooper, in whose name and family 
the larger portion remains to this day. 

The deficiency before named was doubtless caused by the 
death of the banker, the time being too short for him to perfe6l 
his arrangements in relation thereto. Had he lived," its useful- 
ness might have been much enlarged, accommodating the com- 
munity around him, and proving a profitable and commendable 
enterprise. 

This half-penny was a copper coin struck by the Roman 
Catholics after the massacre in Ireland in 1641, and was generally 
known as St. Patrick's half-penny; it had the legend Floreat 
Rex on the obverse, and on the reverse, Ecce Grex.** In 
1680, half-pence and farthings were coined by royal authority, 
with the national symbol (the harp) and the date.* The worth 
of the half-penny was about one cent of our currency, but, on 
account of the unsettled standard of values, varied from that 
according to circumstances. 

Struck without the authority of law, and, perhaps, only to 
commemorate some event in the history of that unfortunate 
people, this coin never obtained circulation in the old country. 
Through the foresight of Mark Newbie, it was bought in quan- 
tities at a slight discount, brought to West New Jersey, and 
made to answer the wants of the settlers, which wants were 
recognized by the Legislature in the a6l before named, and 
it answered their purposes for several years. 

6 Lib. B, 126. 8 Humphrey on Coins, Vol. 2, 511. 

7 Lib. ¥,78. 9 Vol. 2, 686. 



42 FIRST EMIGRANT ^ETTIERS. 

In these latter days this coin is not in circulation, and can only 
be found in the cabinets of those that are curious in such matters, 
and fond of studying the progress of artistic mechanism in this 
particular line. Numismatics has, for many years, attra6ted the 
attention of persons of taste and leisure, by whom large sums 
of money have been paid for rare specimens of coin. Their 
interest and enthusiasm has done much to develop the progress 
of art through the various ages of the world as conne(5led with 
civilization, with the advance of commerce and the spread of 
the human race. 

As a legal tender among the colonists, the a6t made a strange 
provision, if the value was as before stated ; for, by that a61:, 
no person was required to receive more than a certain number 
of pieces toward the discharge of a debt. As a matter of con- 
venience, this part of the law was perhaps a nullity, since the 
settling of accounts and all other ordinary money transatlions 
would necessitate the use of various amounts. 

^"Previously to the passage of the a61; regulating the value of 
Mark Newbie's money, the Legislature established the standard 
of Old England shillings and New England shillings, and also 
in 1693, did the same thing in regard to the Spanish coin, 
which by that time had come to be in circulation. For many 
years after the first settlements in New Jersey, there was much 
trouble among the people concerning the standard value of the 
various coins as established in the several Provinces. The 
colonial government attempted to remove this trouble, but it 
seems to have utterly failed. Paper money, the first of which 
was issued in New Jersey in 1709, had a double value, that in 
East Jersey, regulated by the worth of a guinea in New York, 
and that in West Jersey controlled by the worth of a guinea in 
Pennsylvania, thus leading to confusion and loss among the 
inhabitants. 

The chapter styled ''Currency of New Jersey," attached 
by Judge Elmer to his history of Cumberland county, is 
interesting and instru6live, being an exhaustive dissertation 
upon that subje6l, and showing great labor and research. 

It is not to be supposed that Mark Newbie had any authority 
under the law, to make this coin for the purpose of keeping 



10 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



MARK NEWS IE. 43 

up the circulation, and to enlarge his credit, whereby to get 
gain and establish his name as a successful financier ; but he 
was careful to keep the amount circulated within proper 
bounds, for the very cogent reason that part of his estate 
was pledged, to make good any short-coming in this regard. 
Without these restraints, the influence of the church of which 
he was a member, and the watchful care of those around him 
to prevent a hazard of his credit, made him what in these days 
would be called a careful banker, too slow to make money and 
altogether behind the age. 

In this conne6lion the historian of the banking system of 
America, in his researches to discover where it originated, will 
fall upon the aft of the Legislature of New Jersey, of 1682, 
and at once seek to discover where this institution was situated, 
how constru6led, what its success, and what its end. 

The a6lion of the Legislature showed the foresight of our 
law-makers, even at that early day, in securing the people 
against imposition or fraud, and proves that they had a corredl 
view of banking privileges, when they required a specie basis 
with real-estate security. To emulate this in these latter days 
would have saved much loss that has fallen upon innocent 
persons, and would have prevented the scandal now surrounding 
this class of corporations. 

Within the same township, therefore, on the same spot, and 
in the same building, originated the first religious denomination 
according to the order of Friends in Old Gloucester county, as 
well as the first banking corporation in New Jersey, — perhaps, in 
America. 

If the early associations of the settlement of a neighborhood 
have any interest ; if the wide spread good of any institution, 
be it religious, political or financial, can be felt in a community 
and traced to its beginning, be that beginning ever so humble 
and unpretending ; such associations, such incidents, and such 
history deserve some record, so that those who make inquiry 
hereafter, may not consider this an ungrateful generation. 

" Here, the dawn of reason broke 
Upon the trampled rights of man ; 
And here a moral era woke — 
The brightest — since the world began." 



44 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The selecftion of Mark Newbie's house in which to hold the 
first meetings of Friends, shows him to have been a leading 
man in the church, and one who had much influence in matters 
ecclesiastical. In the political affairs of the colony he took a 
prominent part, and filled several positions of trust and respon- 
sibility." At the May term, in 1682, of the Legislature, he 
appeared as a member, and was sele6led by the Governor as 
one of his council. He was made one of the commissioners 
for the dividing of land, and one of the committee of ways 
and means to raise money for the use of the government, at the 
same time. The amount of money assessed upon the third 
tenth for that year, which consisted of what is now Gloucester, 
Atlantic and Camden counties, was forty shilU?igs, a sum of 
money that contrasts strangely enough with the large amounts 
paid for taxes by the people in the same territory at the present 
time. 

At the September session of the same year, he again appeared 
and sat as one of the Governor's council, and participated in 
the making of many important laws, and was again appointed 
one of the commissioners to divide land. 

In this year, the question whether the Proprietors had the 
right of government seems to have been mooted ; a question of 
serious import to the purchasers of the soil, and one which they 
considered as involving their success as a colony, and materially 
affecting their privileges in religious toleration.^' It assumed 
such a shape that a committee was appointed to draft a number 
of queries touching the question, to be submitted to the home 
government, and to Edward Byllynge, in order to know whether 
any difficulty in this regard really existed. Mark Newbie was 
one of the persons selected to discharge this important duty, 
but he died many years before the question was settled. 

In the proceedings of the May term, 1683, the minutes say 
that Thomas Olive was appointed as one of the Governor's 
Council, "in place of Mark Newbie, Dead," thus showing that 
he deceased between the two terms of the Legislature ; and this 
corresponds with many of the records relating to his real estate. 



11 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

12 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



MARK NEWBIE. 



45 



He died intestate, but no steps were taken to settle his estate 
until the 4th of the 7th month, 1684, when administration was 
granted to his widow, who proceeded with the appraisement, 
which amounted to one hundred and eighty pounds together 
with a large real estate." 

So far as can be discovered, his family consisted of two sons 
and two daughters, all of whom were born before the parents' 
settlement here." They were Rachel, who married Isaac 
Decou, in 1695 ; Stephen, who married Elizabeth Wood, in 
1703; Edward, who married Hannah Chew, in 1706; and 
Elizabeth, who married John Hugg, in 1714. 

Hannah, the widow of Mark Newbie, married James Atkin- 
son in 1685. After this marriage it is probable that meetings 
continued to be held ,at the house in which Mark had deceased ; 
as the records refer to several marriages that were consum- 
mated there. It does not appear there were any children by 
this marriage. 

Stephen and Elizabeth Newbie had but two children,^" — Mark 
who died single, in 1735, and Hannah, who married Joseph 
Thackara.^*' Stephen deceased in 1706." 

Edward and Hannah Newbie's children were Nathan,'* 
Gabriel, Rachel, and a child unborn at the time of Edward's 
death in 1715." Nathan died single; Gabriel married and 
deceased, leaving one child, John.^° 

It will, therefore, be seen that, after two generations, the 
family name was confined to one person, perhaps the last in 
this region of country. Hereabout, the blood may be traced 
through the Huggs and the Thackaras, although in some lines 
with trouble and doubt. 

Among the children of Joseph and Hannah Thackara" were 
two sons, Stephen and Benjamin.'- Stephen deceased in 1767, 
having lived on part of the original estate.'''^ He had three 
sons, Joseph, Thomas and James, and perhaps other children. 



13 Gloucester files 1683. 

14 Lib. Bi, 126. 

15 Lib. Y, 78. Lib. No. i, 169. 

16 Lib. No. 4, 129. 

17 Lib. No. I, 169. 

18 Lib. Y, 78. 



19 Lib. No. 2, 104. 

20 Lib. Y, 78. 

21 Lib. No. II, 106. 

22 Lib. No. 4, 129. 

23 Lib. W, 22, O. S. G. 



46 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Benjamin owned and lived on tliat part of the property lately 
held by Samuel C. Champion, and there he died in 1785. 
His wife Mary and twelve children survived him. They were 
Isaac, Abigail, Ann ; Hannah, who married Joseph Jones ; 
Mary, who married Joseph Elfreth ; Mark ; Margaret, who 
married John Tuft; Benjamin, who married Hannah Horner; 
William; Rachel, who married Francis Bildei'back ; Jacob; 
and Elizabeth, who married Abraham Reeves.'^* 

Persons of this and other branches of the family settled in 
Salem and Cumberland counties, but among them the name of 
Newbie has never been known. The fatality that seems to have 
attended the Huggs, has left but little opportunity to follow the 
line in that direction, yet full access to the papers of the family 
might develop the whole conne6tion of the descent to the 
present day. 

The tracing of genealogies, or the knowledge of families, has 
not yet, in this country, become an attra6live feature in its 
history ; and the meagre scraps that happen to be gathered 
already can only be hoped to make the beginning of a more 
careful and successful research. Labor under endless discour- 
agements, is the only means of attaining the proper end in this 
regard ; and, until better compensated, it will not enter a field 
where profit is so seldom known to follow. As, among the 
descendants of Mark Newbie, there are many with whom the 
name has become extin6l ; so, in others, it has spread so rapidly 
that quite as much trouble attends the arrangement of the one 
as the other ; a difficulty seldom appreciated and never repaid. 

24 Lib. No. 17, 461. 



WILLIAM BATES. 



IN the year 1670, this person lived in the county of Wickloe, 
■ Ireland, where his occupation was that of a carpenter.^ 
The county town, which has the same name, is situated on the 
coast of the Irish sea, about thirty miles south of the city of 
Dublin, at which place considerable trade is carried on with 
other parts of Great Britain. 

Here, also, all the courts are held for that distri6t, and here 
may be found the common jail for the security and punishment 
of offenders within its limits. 

In this, and in several different previous years. Parliament 
passed a6ts to prevent and suppress conventicles within the 
kingdom. These a6ts were made especially oppressive toward 
the Quakers, and under them many outrages were committed 
upon their persons and property.^ If the policy of the govern- 
ment, the administration of its laws and the condition of its 
people, be any evidence of the progress of civilization ; then 
England stood in no enviable light, during the few years before 
and after the date above named, in respe6t to religious toleration 
within her borders. 

Loathsome prisons crowded to suffocation, courts busy with 
the trials of unoffending citizens, and arrogant officials robbing 
the people of their hard earnings to sustain a voluptuous and 
wicked clergy, are dark spots scattered through the history of 
a nation that boasts of the rights of her citizens. 



1 Lib. Bi, 52. 

2 Besse's Sufferings, Vols, i and 2. 



48 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

During these days a meeting of the religious Society of 
Friends was held at the house of Thomas Trafford, in the 
town of Wickloe, at which place William Bates was a regular 
attendant.^ Neither the small number that assembled there, nor 
the san6lity of a private residence, saved them from annoyance 
by the soldiery, for they were soon dragged to the jail, and there 
confined for several weeks, away from their homes and families. 
At the next sessions they were indidled, and, upon refusing to 
enter into bonds for their subsequent appearance at court, were 
sent immediately to prison. No regard was paid to sex or 
condition in life while under confinement, and so obnoxious 
were the dampness and foul air, in which they were forced to 
exist, that many died and the greater number suffered in health. 
In 1 67 1, a declaration suspending the penal laws in ecclesi- 
astical matters was signed by Charles Second, at that time king. 
This was a great relief to this class of citizens ; but, on 
account of jealousy toAvards the Papists, the declaration was 
withdrawn the next year, and Friends again felt the displeasure 
of those in authority.* Laboring under these disabilities, it 
was most natural that all such as sympathized with George Fox 
and his doctrines, should seek for a new country where tolera- 
tion, to a degree at least, existed, and where they could enjoy 
their religious opinions in quiet. 

During these persecutions the settlement of the land in 
America was much talked of, and some few colonies had been 
successful in getting a foot-hold, and had sent back to their 
friends in England flattering accounts of the country and 
climate. In the adjustment of the trouble between Edward 
Byllynge and John Fenwick, the attention of William Penn and 
other prominent men in the Society of Friends, was attra6ted 
to the territory, through which the river Delaware flowed, and 
very soon the initiatory steps were taken to secure a title for the 
same, and, — which was most desirable, — to have the right of 
government to follow in the same channel. 

The books of record of that date are full of the deeds made 
from Byllynge and his trustees to persons wishing to get away 



3 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. 2, 479. 

4 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. i, 27. 



WILLIAM BATES. 49 

from the abuses that surrounded them, and to remove to a wild 
and unknown land, rather than to remain. 

Among these is a deed, dated April 12th, 1677, from William 
Penn and others to Robert Turner, linen draper, of Dublin ; 
Robert Zane, serge maker, of Dublin ; Thomas Thackara, stuff 
weaver, of Dublin ; WilUain Bates, carpenter, of the county of 
Wickloc, and Joseph Slight, tanner, of Dublin, for one whole 
share of Propriety in West New Jersey.* 

Touching William Bates, it is very safe to say that his 
conclusions in regard to this step were reached in the common 
jail at Wickloe, where many dreary days were passed while his 
family was suffering at home. However vague and indistindl 
his ideas of the rights of persons were, in the form of govern- 
ment under which he lived, or how much such rights could be 
abused by authority of law, we cannot at this time judge ; but 
we may suppose that they had come to be practical questions 
with him, placed beyond discussion and without the chance of 
amendment. The decision to remove to New Jersey was made 
under much deliberation, and after considerable inquiry in 
regard to locality, since it was important that the colonists 
should be near each other for fear of the Indians. 

This deed shows the place of residence and the occupation 
of each grantee, and doubtless is a faithful record of these fa<5ls 
at the time therein named, which, taken in connection with the 
memorial left by Thomas Sharp, shows conclusively who were 
the persons that originated the settlement at Newton. Mark 
Newbie became a subsequent owner, while Thomas Sharp and 
George Goldsmith represented the interests of others, which six 
persons were the founders of that settlement. 

During the four years that elapsed between the date of the 
deed and their coming, Joseph Slight disposed of his interest, 
and Robert Turner, having acquired a large amount of property 
in Pennsylvania, turned his attention to that in preference to 
his West Jersey estate, and did not become a diredt partner in 
this enterprise. 

It is readily seen that Robert Turner was the merchant 
through whom Robert Zane and Thomas Thackara disposed of 



5 Lib. Bi, 52. 

4 



50 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

their manufa6lured goods, and that their business relations 
brought them frequently together, whereby the partnership 
here presented was created. 

Although the county of Wickloe is some distance south of 
the city of Dublin, yet William Bates had business or religious 
intercourse with Robert Turner, and was influenced by him 
to be a participant in this novel and important movement. 
Of all the callings, his was likely to be the most useful, and 
his services to be the most in demand, when once they had 
arrived at their place of destination, for the first thing to be 
done was to provide some kind of shelter ibr their families. 

This was in the shape of rude huts made of poles, placed 
partly in the hill side, and covered with the skins of animals 
or the bark of trees. Without any other floor than the earth, 
with no windows, a stick chimney and a single apartment, it 
needs no sketch of fancy to see how inconvenient and uncom- 
fortable the habitations of these first comers must have been. 

On March loth, 1681, being the time of the survey made to 
the other partners on the north side of the middle branch of 
Newton creek, for some unexplained reason, William Bates 
took his two hundred and fifty acres on the south side of the 
same stream, opposite the upper end of that tra6l, and there 
he built his house." Two years after he made another survey 
adjoining the first and of like number of acres, and made a 
subsequent purchase of Robert Turner of other adjoining land, 
which extended his estate from the Graysbury line to William 
Albertson's boundary." Much of this is included in the farms 
now owned by Jeremiah Ridgway and the heirs of Joseph 
Eldridge, deceased. His habitation stood by the creek, just 
below the mouth of Bates's run, and near the house on the 
Ridgway farm. 

In common, however, with the other owners, he had an 
interest in the meadow land at the mouth of Kaighn's run, 
whence he obtained the hay for his cattle for the winter 
months, a necessary provision, as no other means of sustaining 
their stock was obtainable at that early day.^ As the master 



6 Revel's Book, 25. 

7 Kevel's Book, 53. 

8 Revel's Book, 25. 



WILLIAM BATES. 51 

mechanic, there can be no doubt, who planned and built the 
first meeting house at Newton, in 16S4; who construfted the 
rude seats and erected the plain unpretending galleries, in 
which sat the forefathers of this people, who were faithfully 
carrying out the belief and the form of religious worship as 
brought with them across the sea. 

To the descendants of William Bates this is a reminiscence 
worthy to be remembered, and to be told to their children, 
becoming more interesting as the lapse of time increases. 

In 16S3, he was one of the representatives from the Irish 
tenth in the Legislature of the Province, and was the same 
year appointed constable." The next year, he was again returned 
as a member, and was appointed one of the commissioners 
for laying out highways, which last office he held for two years. 
That he was a useful man, both as a mechanic and a private 
citizen, is evident, and in each position he commanded the 
respeft of those around him. He died in the year 1700, 
leaving a will, now on the files of the office of the Secretary 
of State, but never placed on record. His children were born 
in Ireland, some of whom were married in a few years after 
their arrival here. They were Jeremiah, who married Mary, 
a daughter of Samuel Spicer; Joseph, who married • Mercy 
Clement in 1701; Abigail, who married Joshua Frame in 
1687; William, who married an Indian girl; and Sarah, who 
married Simeon Ellis in 1692.'" 

Jeremiah settled on part of the original tra6t, as conveyed 
to him in 1693 by his father, who occupied it as a farmer. ^^ 
Although his father left a will, yet the records say that he died 
intestate as to another part of his real estate, of which Jere- 
miah, as the oldest son, became seized. This is possible, but a 
closer inquiry may explain the difficulty, if necessary, and 
show that the will covered all the real estate. This last named 
tra6l, however, was given by Jeremiah Bates in his will to his 
son William, who re-surveyed the same in 1731 ; and upon this 
land the said William lived at that date.'' 



9 Learning & Spicer's Laws. ii Lib. G3, 348. 

10 Lib. 03,257, and Newton Meeting Records, 12 Lib. No. 6,331. Lib. Mi, 165, O. S. G. 



52 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Jeremiah and Mary Bates were the parents of four daughters 
and one son:" Martha, who married James Wall; Abigail, who 
married Thomas Thackara; Mary; Sarah, and William." 

William Bates married and had three children — two of whom 
died in infancy — leaving but a daughter, Mary, wJio married 
William Harry, of Philadelphia.^^ Jonathan Zane was her 
guardian in 1750, her father having died two years before that 
time.^'' 

In 1759, Mary and her husband conveyed to Daniel Cooper 
a part of the land of which her father died seized, intestate; 
in this deed her connection with the first William Bates is 
apparent. In this branch of the family, the name was lost in 
the third remove from the first comer. 

Jeremiah Bates deceased in 1723, leaving a will, in which 
document he named his progeny, and disposed of his landed 
and personal property.'" He sold part of his land in 1700 to 
Elias Toy, a Swede, who probably settled on the same.^® 

In the year 1706, Joseph Bates settled on a tra(?t of land 
which he purchased of Joseph Thorne. This lay on the south 
side of the south branch of Cooper's creek, in Gloucester 
township, near where the White Horse tavern now stands. 
Part of this is now owned by Jacob Lippincott.'^''^" His home 
was, in all probability, a cave in the hill fronting the creek, 
where his children were born and his family reared. At that 
time, he was beyond the line of settlements that were extending 
from the river towards the east and south, but was not far from 
the trail that went on the south side of the creek past where 
Long-a-coming (or Berlin) now stands, towards the sea coast. 
His wife was a daughter of James and Jane Clement, who had 
come from England and settled on Long Island. She was the 
first of the name within the bounds of Gloucester county; at 
the time of her marriage she lived with the family of John 
Hinchman, in Newton township, with whom she doubtless had 
come from Long Island. This marriage took place according 
to the order of Friends, at John Hinchman's house, as was 



13 Gloucester Files of Wills. 17 Gloucester Files of Wills. 

14 Lib. S, 275. 18 Lib. G3, 321. 

15 Lib. S, 274. 19 Lib. A, 84. 

i6 Lib. No. 6, 375. Lib. No. 7, 97. . 23 Lib. A, 47, of Divisions, Woodbury. 



WILLIAM BATES. 53 

sometimes the pra6lice in those days, owing to the distance 
from meeting houses and the bad condition of the roads. 

The difficulty in tracing this branch of the family is the same 
that often occurs in others; it arises from the continuance of 
one Christian name from father to son and grandson, compli- 
cating the distin6lions beyond the possibility of solution.'^' 
The records show that Joseph Bates died in 1731, and that 
Elizabeth Bates became his administratrix. 

Among the children was a daughter Abigail, who married 
Samuel Lippincott, a son of Freedom and Elizabeth. '^'^ They 
resided in Pilesgrove, Salem county, N. J., with the following 
children: Joseph, Samuel, Joshua, Mercy, Abigail and Eliza- 
beth. Many of the descendants of this branch of the family 
still reside in that se6lion of the State. 

In 1734, another Joseph Bates died, leaving a will; but 
which of these was the subje6l of this sketch, it is difficult to 
determine.'^'' The last named had a daughter, Abigail, who 
married John Hillman, and other daughters. 

His sons were Benjamin, Thomas and Jonathan. Jonathan's 
wife, Elizabeth, survived him, and died in 1765, leaving several 
children. The estate passed out of the family in 1767, by 
deed to Jonathan Aborn, and, after several conveyances, became 
the property of John Cathcart in 1794, who built the present 
brick mansion standing on the premises.'-* He had also a park 
for deer on part of his estate, for deer-hunt-ing was one of 
the manly pastimes, fashionable at that day. The adva.ice of 
agriculture has done much to change the habits, amusements 
and prejudices of our people, for, where once the hunter's horn 
and the music of the hounds were heard at nearly all seasons of 
the year, now the generous soil may be seen yielding its fruits 
to the husbandman. Where once were the well known haunts 
of bears and burrows for foxes, are now spread out green 
pastures and growing crops, the assurance of reward to thrift 
and industry. 

Abigail Bates, who married Joshua Frame, removed to Penn- 
sylvania with her husband, whose descendants at this day have 



21 Lib. A, 47, of Divisions, Woodbury. 23 Lib. No. 3, 432. 

22 Lib. No. 3, 140. 24 Lib. A, 47, of Divisions, Woo ibury. 



54 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

no knowledge of the pedigree of their maternal ancestor ; 
neither is anything known of her in this region of country. 

William Bates settled on the east side of a tributary of the 
south branch of Cooper's creek, known as Tyndall's run, about 
two miles east of Haddonfield. His house was near the resi- 
dence of Joseph Browning, and within the bounds of a 
small survey which he made in 1687." In March of the same 
year, he purchased of Robert Turner an adjoining tra6l of land 
containing two hundred and fifty acres, and increased his bound- 
aries by subsequent purchases.'" His place was near an Indian 
settlement, where this people raised their corn and pumpkins, 
and made their homes through the winter, when not away upon 
their hunting expeditions. 

It is possible that William Bates married an Indian girl, like 
many of the early settlers ; this would account for his making 
his home in one of the villages of the nation, and thus 
securing the title of the land to himself. 

It is unfortunate that the records of the marriages of the 
first comers to West New Jersey, with the native females have 
been lost, in so many instances, and that so few are now 
known, and they only through a vague and uncertain tradition. 
Like John Randolph of Roanoke, those who are sure of this 
kind of connexion with the aborigines, boast of the purity 
of their lineage, and are proud of this line of ancestry. In 
very many families, even at this late day, may be discovered 
the strain of Indian blood thus originated, unmistakably crop- 
ping out in feature or form, and showing the peculiarity so 
distin6lly as to place it beyond controversy. 

As in all newly settled countries, the scarcity of females 
among the emigrants made it rather a necessity than a choice 
to seek marriages among the natives. At the same time there 
were among these many comely and attra6live maidens, who, 
being to "the manor born," were much better suited to the 
situation than those unused to the hardships and trials of a 
frontier life. In these marriages the consent of the swarthy 
girl was not the only difficulty to be overcome, for she stood 

25 Lib. Gi, 23. 

26 Lib. G2, 131. 



WILLIAM BATES. 55 

in all her native beauty, without a name known to the English 
language, and this defe6l had to be supplied before the cere- 
mony could be performed in accordance with the law, then, as 
now, in existence. 

Our ancestors being Friends, and using the language as 
they wore their clothing, pure and simple, would very naturally 
cast aside all romantic or suggestive names, and attach to the 
bride one after their own style, thus increasing the difficulty 
of discovering her nativity. 

The enchantment lent by distance, has much to do with the 
romance that has always surrounded these associations, and, 
although the hand of the artist may favorably impress us with 
the beauty and grace of the female aborigines, yet an intro- 
du6lion into real life has invariably changed the notions of 
such as have thus ventured. 

So far as good housewives were concerned, the little oppor- 
tunity for display in this regard among the first settlers, placed 
all upon a level, and, as the improvement in dwellings and the 
surrounding comforts increased, the chances were that the 
Indian wife and mother kept pace therewith, and at last came 
to be as cleanly and economical as the best. 

In this branch of the family somewhat more certainty can 
be reached, yet the knowledge of much that is desirable has 
been lost. 

William Bates, the second, died intestate, and his estate 
descended to his son Joseph, who also dying intestate, the 
same estate, by the same law, became the property of his 
son Thomas. 

It is a fair presumption that there were other children of 
both William and Joseph, but, at this late day, no means exist 
whereby they can be discovered, by reason of the law which 
regulated descents of land and carried the entire real estate 
to the oldest male heir. 

Thomas Bates deceased in 1783, having devised nearly all 
this estate to his son Jo.seph, who lived where his ancestor 
made his first settlement, near Tindall's run. At that time he 
owned about four hundred acres of land in one tra6l, extending 
from the farm now owned by Abel Hillman, on the west, to 



56 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Peterson's mill stream on the south, now divided into several 
plantations. 

In the year 1786, Joseph Bates made a re-survey of these 
lands, in which his title is fully set forth." 

Sarah Bates, who married Simeon Ellis, resided with him at 
Springvvell, which place was near where Ellisburg now stands. 
She survived her husband several years, and dealt somewhat in 
real estate after his decease. Her children were Simeon, who 

married ; Thomas, who married Catharine Collins, 

in 1722; Jacob, who married Cassandra Albertson, in 1750; 
Jonathan, who married Mary Hollingshead, in 1737; William, 

who married Sarah Collins ; Joseph, who married Mary ; 

and Sarah, who married John Kay, in 1730. 

It will be seen that from Joseph and William, the sons of the 
first emigrant of this name, must the family be traced, which, 
in the lapse of one hundred and ninety years, has spread 
through nearly every State of the Union. 



27 Lib. U, 66, O. S. G. 



THOMAS THACKARA. 



THIS man was probably a native of Yorkshire, England, 
where the family suffered much religious persecution, by 
reason of their adherence to the opinions and pradlices of 
George Fox. In 1656, Thomas Thackara was taken from a 
religious meeting at Leeds, and confined for several weeks in 
York Castle. In the same year, Daniel and Christopher 
Thackara were sent to the Wakefield prison in Yorkshire, 
and, in 1660, Thomas and Daniel were again confined in the 
same jail.* z\t a later date, in 1683, Hannah Thackara with 
several others was taken from the meeting at Leeds, and 
confined in the Moothall prison at that place, during cold 
weather without fire, and there kept for nine weeks. From 
this kind of records it can be safely concluded that in and 
about Leeds in Yorkshire, the family of this name may claim 
their nativity, and from the records thereabout may trace 
their origin. 

The first information that can be discovered of the subjeft 
of this sketch, is traced to Dublin, Ireland, where he was 
engaged as a "stuff weaver," in the year 1677, and became one 
of the grantees of the deed made to Robert Turner, William 
Bates, and others, for real estate in West New Jersey.'^ It 
may be too broad an assertion to say that he was the same 
Thomas Thackara who was imprisoned in York Castle, in 1656, 
although the lapse of time between that occurrence and the 



1 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. 2, i. 

2 Lib. Bi, 52. 



5S FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

date of the conveyance may be reconciled, supposing liim to be 
but a middle-aged man, when a resident of that city. This is a 
question that can only be settled by access to private family 
correspondence, very little of which has been preserved through 
the several generations that have lived since the coming of the 
first adventurers ; being considered as worthless material by 
most of tidy housekeepers, and therefore committed to the 
flames. 

The deed before named calls him a "stuff weaver," one having 
something to do with the manufafture of flax; large quantities 
of which were cultivated in Ireland at that time, and made 
into the linen material so useful and so much admired, even 
at the present day. 

Robert Turner was tiie merchant who sold the manufa6lured 
article ; being a man of large estate, he was in intercourse with 
tracers in other localities. This gave him the opportunit) of 
knowing the inclinations and purposes of Friends in other 
parts, and by this means, those in his neighborhood were also 
advised in regard to their removal to America. Of these 
were the persons joined with him in the deed aforesaid, 
and thence their intentions may well be inferred. Thomas 
Thackara was a man of some estate; this is evidenced by the 
original purchase, as well as by the many surveys made after 
his coming; he was also a married man with family before he 
left the shores of his native land to make his home in the 
wilds of America. Whether he was a creditor of Edward 
Byllynge, or had made the purchase for the purpose before 
named only, and, like many of the same religious persuasion, 
had determined that no change could be for the worse, does 
not appear. 

Enough has been left on record, and enough therefrom 
written, to show where and how originated the settlement of 
Newton in 1681. Thomas Sharp, then a person just coming 
to manhood, and filled with the spirit of adventure, gives 
much by his memoranda, and the various writhigs left behind 
him. Imagination may readily carry us back to some humble 
dwelling in the city of Dublin, in which these persons would 
meet from time to time, to consult as to the best means to 



THOMAS THACKARA. 59 

carry out their purpose, as well as to know how many were 
bold enough to follow their example. Anthony Sharp and 
Robert Turner, both Quakers, and both men of fortune, were 
the guides in this, and not only gave tiieir advice as to the 
detail of the movement, but also covered the doubtful points 
by contributions of their means. Friends all, thus there was 
but a single channel wherein ran their opinions, as to the 
necessity of the thing, and, as the sequel proved, all other 
difficulties were forced 'o give way to the object before them. 
These meetings of business, like many of their religious sittings, 
were secret, and the conclusions arrived at were known only 
among their own se6l. Robert Zane was the pioneer, and 
came with the Fenwick colonists to accomplish the necessary 
explorations, and to fix upon some pla^je where to make their 
homes. The difficulties existing between liyllynge and Fen- 
wick, and the period occupied in their arrangement, gave 
Robert Zane ample time to examine the country and write 
home to inform those of his partners who were to follow him, 
of his opinions and success therein. 

By some agreement among the Proprietors, and for reasons 
not known, the third tenth was set apart for such of the 
emigrants as came from Ireland, and within the limits of this 
tenth it is apparent that the searchings for a site for a town 
were made. These limits were Penisaukin creek on the north, 
and Timber creek on the south, extending back into the 
woods an indefinite distance ; and the point was not finally 
settled until 1765, when Samuel Clement first ran and fixed 
the head lines of the townships within the bounds of old 
Gloucester. 

To return with our sketch to Duljlin, where the receij^t of 
letters from Robert Zane was looked for with much anxiety, 
and where these were read before the little meeting of such 
as were closing up their affairs to take a final leave of liome 
and friends, — it can be well understood what attention was given 
to their import, their advice and their direction. What argu- 
ments arose out of their different construdtions, and how the 
hopes and the fears of those pre.sent predominated as conclu- 
sions were reached I How the sanguine temperaments were 



6b FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

checked by the more prudent and older heads, and how the 
opinions and suggestions of some were modified and dire6led 
by those of more experience, but of no less decision of char- 
adler ! How wives, mothers and daughters attentively listened 
to the expressions of opinion, made on such occasions, and now 
and then participated, when their comforts were made part of 
the conversation ! How they encouraged the doubtful, and 
restrained the impulsive, smoothing over the rough points of 
the stronger sex, and healing the differences of opinion by soft 
words! How prolific a subjedl, and how beautiful a theme for 
the pen of the novelist, who desires to have his story based 
upon fa(5l, and conform to the truths of history ! 

"It was on the nineteenth day of September, 1681, from the 
harbor belonging to the city of Dublin, in the kingdom of 
Ireland, that Thomas Thackara with his family set sail in the 
pink "Ye Owners Adventure," with other persons of like 
intent for the capes of the Delaware ; where they arrived 
on the eighteenth day of November following, and so up the 
bay until they came to Elsinburg, and were landed with their 
goods and families at Salem, where they abode the winter."'' 
Their arrival was anticipated by Robert Zane, who had come 
four years in advance, and Avho in that time was familiar with 
the country and the difficulties that surrounded them. The 
condition of these was not so desolate as that of many others, 
for, upon their landing, they were welcomed by friends and 
provided with shelter at once. Although not at the end of 
their journey, yet the exposure to an American winter was 
avoided by this arrangement, and opportunity given for the 
men to pass judgment upon the aftion of Robert Zane, and 
to decide where to fix their permanent abode. The winter, 
however, was mild, and their traveling about was done in a 
boat which they purchased at Wickaco, of the Swansons, and 
with which the several creeks within the third tenth were 
explored before a conclusion was reached. 

This done, and they having submitted their title deeds to 
the commissioners at Burlington, Daniels Leeds, the surveyor- 
general, came in person to set apart their lands by metes 

3 Lib. A, 98. 



THOMAS THACKARA. 6i 

and bounds, in accordance with the requirements as laid down 
by the Proprietors. In all these operations Thomas Thackara 
doubtless took a leading part, and was familiar with every 
step made to secure a clear estate and to have the boundaries 
well defined. The survey bears date March tenth, i6Si, and 
appears to have a discrepancy when compare«l with the time at 
which they set sail from Dublin, (September nineteenth), in 
the same year, which, according to the present chronology, 
would make the taking up of the land some six months 
before their departure from home.* This trouble is recon- 
ciled when it is understood that, under the old style, March 
was the last month in the year, and that the last day of the 
year was the twenty-fourth of that month, thus making the 
twenty-fifth of March under the old system correspond Avith 
the first day of January under the present. 

The first survey of i,6oo acres Mark Newbie, Thomas 
Thackara, Thomas Sharp, Robert Zane and George Golds- 
mith held in common ; but it was soon found that this kind 
of estate would lead to difficulty, and Thomas Thackara was 
the first to separate his interest by taking two hundred and 
fifty acres as his share, and receiving a title therefor from the 
other owners.^ In 1695, he purchased an adjoining tra6l of 
two hundred acres of Isaac Hollingsham, and this purchase 
extended his landed estate from Newton to Cooper's creek. 
These tracts lay between Robert Zane's share above, and Mark 
Newbie' s below, including the farm, now the property of John 
Campbell, the old Newton grave yard and some other adjoining 
lands. He erected his first house near where the present farm 
buildings of John Campbell stand, and there he continued 
during the remainder of his life. Excepting sixty acres that 
he gave to his son-in-law John Whitall, Thomas Thackara 
retained the whole until his death; all then descended to his 
oldest son Benjamin. 

Benjamin conveyed fifty acres to his brother-in-law, John 
Eastlack, and by his will gave the remainder to his son Joseph, 
who re-surveyed the same in 1760. Stephen, the son of Joseph, 



4 Revel's Book, 25. 

5 Revel's Book, 59. 



62 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

inherited this estate under the will of his father, and, by his own, 
gave parts of it to his sons Joseph, James and Thomas. In 
connexion with this, Stephen held considerable land in Newton 
township, coming to him through his mother ; but this, like 
the other property, passed out of the name many years since. 
The ele6lion of Thomas Thackara as a member of the first 
Legislature that sat at Burlington to frame and adopt laws for 
the province of West New Jersey, shows him to have been a 
leading man, and one on whose good judgment his neighbors 
relied. It was a responsible position ; for these new comers 
found themselves the inhabitants of a land without law, except 
so far as generally promulgated through the original concessions 
which did not enter into detail, or through the pra6tical appli- 
cation of the principles therein embodied. This had to be 
done to put the government in operation and make it what was 
promised by the owners of the soil. It is needless to write of 
their success in this regard, for they gave to the world the 
evidence of sound morality, unflinching justice and a faithful 
regard for right, that has been the admiration of all lovers of 
liberty from that time to the present. 

Together with Mark Newbie and William Cooper, he was 
appointed one of the judges of the court for the third tenth 
in the year 1682, and was continued in that place until 1685, 
inclusive." The authority, in all probability, only extended to 
that of Orphans' Court, Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, 
and was held for the judicial division as named in the law, 
until the year 168^ when the third and the fourth tenth were 
made one bailiwick by the inhabitants, and thereafter so recog- 
nized by the Legislature of the province. It does not appear 
that any records of their proceedings were kept ; if they were, 
some careless person has long since committed them to the 
flames. How great the pity, that such valuable memoranda as 
these are not appreciated by every one into whose hands they 
may fall ; so that all like papers might be saved to coming 
generations ! Where these courts were held ; what the business \ 
who the litigants, and whence the advocates ; tradition does not 
give any knowledge, and we are left to surmise and speculation 



6 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



THOMAS THACKARA. 6^, 

upon a point of much interest in the early history of our 
neighborhood. The records commence, however, in 1686, 
and are carefully preserved in the clerk's office of Gloucester 
county ; curious and instru6tive documents, to such as care 
to be familiar with the doings of our ancestors. 

Thomas Thackara was also one of the land commissioners, 
the discharge of which duty was important and responsible ; 
he had to examine titles, dire6l the deputy surveyors in locating 
land, and prevent the interference of adjoining surveys, which 
duty required discretion, good judgment and firmness, but 
withal very often was liable to censure, and frequently to 
personal abuse. 

Perhaps there was no one thing that proved the regard in 
which this person was held, in the religious denomination of 
which he was a member, and of the community at large, so much 
as his selection to sign the address of the Newton meeting to 
the yearly meeting of London, protesting against the condu6l of 
George Keith, in his differences with the Society of Friends. 
To defend the opinions and pra6tices of the society against the 
subtle reasoning, and ingenious arguments of such a man, 
required a thorough knowledge of the tenets upon which 
it stood, and much talent, coupled with forbearance, to 
successfully guard them against overthrow. William Cooper 
was his associate in this, and the paper forwarded to the 
Friends in London, proves them to have been equal to the 
occasion. 

The first Friends' meeting house built at Newton, stood 
upon lands conveyed by him to the trustees of the society, 
and doubtless without compensation. The original deed for 
this has been lost, nor is it of record, but enough remains 
of memoranda and recitals, to settle any doubt in this matter. 

Li the year 1702, administration was granted upon his estate, 
which is evidence of the time of his decease.^'' His first wife 
probably died after his settlement here, as in 1689 '"'^ married 
Hepzibah Eastlack, a daughter of Francis, also a resident in 
these parts. 



7 Gloucestei Files. 



64 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

His children were Benjamin, who married Mary Cooper, a 
daughter of William, and a grand-daughter of the first William; 
Thomas, who married Ann Parker, and Abigail Bates ; Hannah, 
who married John Whitall ; Sarah, who married John Eastlack, 
and Hepzibah (perhaps a child by the last wife), who died single. 
Benjamin married Mary Cooper in 1707, according to the order 
of Friends, and, the record says, at John Kay's house/ This 
may appear strange, but there is reliable information for asserting 
that a meeting was held there for several years, for the con- 
venience of Friends at Evesham and Penisaukin, alternating 
each first-day with one held at Penisaukin for the same purpose. 
John Kay's house stood on a farm now owned by the heirs of 
Joseph W. Cooper, deceased, near Ellisburg; but no vestige 
of it can be discovered at this day. He, Benjamin, settled 
on the property where his father deceased, and, being the 
oldest male heir, inherited the whole estate ; but, with that 
fairness so commendable in all like cases, Jie gave his brother 
and sisters a proportionate share of their parents' property. 
He died in 1727, leaving his widow and three children, — 
Joseph, Hannah and Mary. 

Joseph married Hannah Albertson in 1731, and Hannah 
Newbie, a daughter of Stejjhen and grand-daughter of Mark 
Newbie, the first of the name hereabouts.^'" Hannah married 
Peter Champion in 1740; Mary married Thomas Wright. It 
is through this branch of the family that the present genera- 
tion must trace their conne6lion with Thomas Thackara, the 
emigrant from Ireland. 

In 1699, at the Newton Meeting, Thomas Thackara and 
Ann Parker were united in the bonds of matrimony. She 
was a resident of Philadelphia, where she probably lived with 
her parents. Jeremiah Bates, in his will, dated 1728, mentions 
that his daughter Abigail is the wife of Thomas Thackara." 
By these records, the matrimonial affairs of this son can be 
understood with some certainty, and they show in what line 
the descendants may look for their pedigree. Thomas Thackara, 
perhaps a son of the second Thomas, who married Elizabeth 



8 Lib. No. I, 479. 10 Lib. No. 4, 129, 

9 Lib. No. 2, 462. II Gloucester Files. 



THOMAS THACKARA. 65 

, removed within the limits of the Salem Meeting in 

the year 1759, where that branch of the family still remain. 
Their children were Hannah, born 1754; William, born 1756, 
and dying in 1776; Stephen, born 1760; Jacob, born 1763; 
Joseph, born 1765 ; and Thomas, born 1771. 

John Whitall and Hannah Thackara were married according 
to Friends' rules, in 1696, at the house of the bride's father 
in Newton township ; and, on the first day of March in the 
same year, (perhaps at the time of the marriage,) Thomas 
Thackara presented his son-in-law a deed for sixty acres of 
land, the same being part of his homestead estate. This piece 
of property lay in the northern part of his survey, and is now 
included in the estate of the late John C. Decosta, deceased. 
On this John Whitall made his home, and there he resided until 
his death in 1718. The immediate position of the house can- 
not at this time be discovered, but, probably, it stood near the 
residence of the present owner, -an unpretending, comfortless 
habitation. ^^ The issue of this marriage, so far as can be 
discovered, was three children : Mary, who married John 
Wood ; Hannah, who married Henry Wood ; and Job, who 
married Jane Siddon. Job settled at Red Bank, in Gloucester 
county, and from him the name may be traced, which at this 
time is spread through every State in the Union. He deceased 
in 1722. John Eastlack, who married Sarah, another daughter 
of Thomas Thackara, also settled on part of his father-in-law's 
estate. ^^ This was fifty acres, conveyed to his wife by her 
brother Benjamin, in 1706; it lay adjoining the land owned 
by John Whitall, but no vestige of the house can be traced 
at this time.^* Thomas Sharp, on his map made in 1700, 
marks one hundred acres as owned by John Eastlack, which 
had been previously held by George Goldsmith. Part of 
this tra6l is now owned by John Stoy, whereon he now 
resides. It was taken from the northwest portion of Richard 
Mathews' survey, which afterwards became the estate of John 
Haddon. Whether this was the land mentioned by Thomas 
Sharp, as given to George Goldsmith, to settle the difficulty 



12 Lib. No. 2, 257. 

13 Lib. No. 2, 202. 

14 Lib. A, 107. 



66 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

about his locating Thomas Starkey's rights, does not appear; 
yet its situation on Newton creek, about "as high as the tide 
flows," would seem to answer the calls of the deed, and fix 
the place of his first settlement. 

By an agreement with the widow of John Whitall, John 
Eastlack became the owner of this property in 1724, and so 
continued until his death in 1736, at which time his son John 
was seized of both tra6ts by the will of his father; and upon 
this estate he lived and died.^^ 

In 1760, he made a re-survey of the said two tratfts of land, 
thereby settling the boundaries and showing the antecedent 
title. This may, at some future day, prove to be a very 
important record, now spread out in the books of the Surveyor- 
General's office of West New Jersey. In 1718, he purchased 
a farm of John Wright, in Newton township, lying on the 
south side of the main branch of Newton creek, which estate 
remained in the family for many years after. ^^ John and Sarah 
Eastlack had six children : Sarah, who married James Mickle, 
in 1732; Samuel, who married Ann Breach, in 1733; John, 
who married Mary Bolton, in 1737, and Patience Hugg, in 
1 741; Daniel, who married Mary Cheesman, in 1740; and 
Esther, Elizabeth and Hannah. 

In the immediate neighborhood in which Thomas Thackara 
made his first home, none of the name have lived for many 
years ; and the land which he sele6led as his choice of the 
estate, having been held in common, passed into the ownership 
of strangers before the third generation from himself had died. 

As in some other families, the female branches have pre- 
dominated, and the day may soon come when the blood must 
be traced among other names. 



15 Lib. No. 5, 131. 

16 Lib. A, 100, III. 



GEORGE GOLDSMITH. 



THOMAS SHARP, in his memorial of the settlement of 
Newton, says that George Goldsmith was one of the 
persons who came with him in the pink called "Ye owners 
adventure," of which Thomas Lurtin, of London, was com- 
mander. In another paper, also left by Friend Sharp, he says 
George Goldsmith "is an old man," — an expression rather 
indefinite, but supposed to mean a middle-aged person without 
family. It may also be inferred that he came without any 
estate, since, in the location of land, he represented a tenth of 
one whole share owned by Thomas Starkey. Although he had 
no written authority from Thomas Starkey, yet Thomas Sharp 
had knowledge of his desire that Goldsmith should make 
sele6lions of land for him; and, upon these representations, 
the commissioners allowed a survey to be made, extending 
from Newton creek to Cooper's creek, containing about five 
hundred acres of land. Upon further investigation, it was 
discovered that Thomas Starkey did not furnish the "rights" 
necessary to complete the title to said survey, and, as George 
Goldsmith found himself in a " strait, V he (Goldsmith) induced 
Robert Turner, of Philadelphia, to return the location in his 
own name, the latter allowing Goldsmith one hundred acres 
of land, in view of his trouble in the premises. 

The one hundred acres which Robert Turner allowed to 
George Goldsmith, were conveyed by deed, dated the thirtieth 
of the ninth month, 16S7, but in separate tracts, one of eighty 
acres and one of twenty acres, lying some distance apart. ^ 

I tLib. G, 31. 



68 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The larger piece was part of the survey as made by Gold- 
smith ; it fronted on the main branch of Newton creek, and 
adjoined the upper line of the first general survey of the 
Newton peoples, as expressed in one of the old deeds. The 
exadl position of this piece of land has been lost sight of 
through the various alterations of boundaries, and the many 
changes of titles since that date. 

The smaller tra6l was situated near the forks of the main and 
the north branch of the last named stream, adjoining Thomas 
Sharp's and Stephen Newbie's lands. 

George Goldsmith made his improvements on the upper or 
larger piece of land, for he conveyed the twenty acres to 
Stephen Newbie the next day after he had procured his title. ^ 
On the same day on which he sold the twenty acres to 
Stephen Newbie, (tenth month first, 1687,) he purchased a 
like quantity of land of Francis Collins, adjoining the upper 
lot ; thus making his plantation of one hundred acres at one 
place on the creek, "about as high as the tide flows. "^ 

The map showing Robert Turner's lands in Newton town- 
ship marks the residence of George Goldsmith as on the twenty 
acres in the forks of the creek ; but this is probably an error, 
since the records prove the conveyance of that piece of land 
as before stated. 

This is further proved by the writings of Thomas Sharp in 
this relation, in which mention is made of the agreements 
between Turner and Goldsmith to have his land, where he had 
made his improvements, referring no doubt to the five hundred 
acres' location. 

But little importance, however, attaches to this, except to 
sho%v where the first comers ere6led their humble habitations 
and removed the forest to plant their crops. The instances are 
but few where such first settlements are known to have been 
made, as later generations found more eligible spots, and had little 
regard for the places where the old homes stood. Even with 
the original proprietor, such were only temporary buildings, and 
were changed as soon as time and circumstances would permit, — 
forgotten before the second generation had passed away. 



2 Lib. G, 25. 

3 Lib. G, 28. 



GEORGE GOLDSMITH. 69 

Robert Turner kept the remainder of the five hundred 
acres' location until 1693, when he sold it to Isaac Hollings- 
ham, whose son Isaac, a few years after, conveyed the same 
tp Sarah Ellis, widow of Simeon ; and in her family, parts 
thereof remained for many years. 

Joseph Ellis, a son of Sarah, settled on these lands, which 
in progress of time passed to the female branches of his family, 
and, consequently, out of the name. 

Although the name of George Goldsmith enters much into the 
documents and papers of the times in which he lived, yet of 
himself or family, if any he had, but little can be discovered. 
He was a member of Friends' meeting, but the only notice 
of his participation in religious matters is the minute of the 
Salem Meeting in 1681, when Richard Robinson and George 
Goldsmith were appointed a committee to speak to Thomas 
Smith "about his disorderly walking," &c. 

This was during the first winter after his arrival from Ireland 
and before the settlement at Newton, showing that, although a 
stranger among the Salem people, yet he was soon called upon 
to discharge a delicate and important religious duty. If the 
first books of records of the Newton Meeting had been preserved, 
perchance his name would have occured therein, and have 
shown something of his standing among his neighbors and the 
interest he took in the advancement of the church in America. 
He appears to have been something of a land jobber, for, in 
1693, he sold "rights" to William Albertson.* 

In 1694, he conveyed to Nicholas Smith twenty-four acres 
of land in Newton township, situated on the north branch of 
the creek of that name, and, in the next year, conveyed one 
hundred acres near the last named tra6l to John Iverson, who, 
in 1697, sold said one hundred acres to Margaret Ivins.^ 

He appears to have kept clear of the political troubles that 
surrounded him, and avoided all the religious controversies 
then being carried on in the colonies. His name is not men- 
tioned among the appointments of colony, county, or township 
officers, nor in any of the paper warfare so diligently waged 
among the reliarious zealots of the times. 



4 Lib. G3, 199. 

5 Lib. G3, 41, 242. 



70 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The records of the Friends' meeting of Philadelphia in the 
year 1696, show that George Goldsmith and Ellen Harrison 
were married according to the good order of that Society, 
after the several "passings" then customary on such occa- 
sions. As all means of identity (except the name) have passed 
away, some doutt exists as to whether the two names mean 
the same person; or whether the George Goldsmith, of Newton, 
in the colony of West New Jersey, is the same George Gold- 
smith that married Ellen Harrison in Philadelphia in 1696. 
Such marriages frequently occurred, and often mystify the 
genealogy of families, sometimes to the entire defeat of the 
searcher. 

It has happened that persons were supposed to have died 
single, and the family tree has so been made up, when the 
truth is, that such had gone from their particular meeting and 
contracted matrimony in other places. 

If, as Thomas Sharp says, George Goldsmith was an old 
man in 1681, the fifteen intervening years could not have 
added anything to his youth, or his inclinations toward matri- 
mony; and the fair presumption is that the subje6l of this 
sketch was not the person named in the records of the Phila- 
delphia Friends' Meeting, in connection with the aforesaid 
marriage. 

The little that is known of him in after years, leads to the 
inference that he removed from this region of country, dis- 
posed of his real estate, and left none of his blood or name 
behind him. In Pennsylvania, and in other parts of New 
Jersey, the name sometimes occurs ; but, in Old Gloucester, 
since the beginning of the eighteenth century, and, in fa6l, 
since the departure of this man, but few of like surname have 
resided. 

This, however, is speculation, and not intended to lead 
any one astray, for his descendants may be traced through 
the female branches of his own blood, as definitely and as 
correftly as in any other manner, if such theory be a proper 
one, and the starting point be beyond a doubt. 

Such difficulties in genealogy add much to the interest of 
the search, provided always that success attends the labor, and 
a knotty, troublesome question is solved. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 



FRANCIS COLLINS was a son of Edward and Mary 
Collins of Oxfordshire, England ; he was born January 
6, 1635. His father was the owner gf considerable landed 
and personal property in that county, which, after his decease, 
passed to the control of his widow. Francis was apprenticed 
to a bricklayer, and subsequently removed to London, where 
he was convinced of the corre6lness of the religious principles 
of George Fox, and at once became one of his followers. In 
1663, he was married to Sarah Mayham, at the Bull and 
Mouth Meeting of Friends, and settled at Ratliff, in the parish 
of Stepney, county of Middlesex, which parish was, at that 
time, within the built up portion of the city of London. In 
an account book of his, still in existence, he made the following 
entry: "Francis Collins, his book, this 25th day of the first 
month, 1675, now living at Ratliff Cross, next door to the 
Ship Tavern;" — fixing his place of residence at that time 
beyond a question. 

His adherence to the Quakers was obnoxious to his family, 
as is shown by the will of his mother and also by that of his 
sister Elizabeth. 

In the book before named are many curious things, written 
in a style hard to decipher at this late day. Among these 
are the names and dates of the births of his children by the 
first marriage ; the names of many persons with whom he 
had business relations; also the account of moneys paid to 
him for rebuilding the Friends' meeting house at Stepney 



72 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

that had been destroyed by a mob a few years previous to 
that time. This book also shows that he was a bricklayer 
and builder, and kept a store, evidently seeking for gain in 
various ways, yet adhering stri6lly to his religious opinions 
and example. 

After rebuilding the meeting house in 1675, no other dis- 
turbance appears of record in that se6tion, much to the credit 
of the authorities and much to the peace of Friends. The 
parish of Stepney, like many other ancient places in and around 
London, has its own legends, — told to this day among the 
superstitious, as no less wonderful than true. This parish being 
by the side of the river Thames and a resort for seafaring 
men, a tradition still exists among the English sailors, that 
all who are born upon the ocean belong to Stepney parish, 
and must be relieved in case of distress by the authorities 
thereof. 

Francis Collins was among those who were imprisoned and 
fined for their adherence to their religious principles ; and 
this doubtless had much to do with his coming to America, 
where his opinions could be enjoyed in peace. 

For the first two years after his arrival, his movements are 
somewhat uncertain ; he was employed, perhaps, in searching 
to and fro through the primitive forests for a suitable location 
for himself and family. 

In 1682, he ere6led the first Friends' meeting house in 
Burlington, and, in the next year, he received two hundred 
pounds, and one thousand acres of land from the Legislature 
for building a market house and court room at the same place. 

There may be another reason for his coming to New Jersey, 
disclosed in a deed from the trustees of Edward Byllynge, made 
in 1677, to Francis Collins, of Ratliff, of the parish of Stepney, 
in the county of Middlesex, bricklayer, Richard Mew, of 
Ratliff, aforesaid, merchant, and John Bull, of London, 
merchant,^ for certain shares or parts of shares of propriety. 
The deed says that Edward Byllynge was indebted to Francis 
Collins in the sum of two hundred pounds, to Richard Mew 
one hundred pounds, and to John Bull fifty pounds ; to 

I Lib. B2, 681. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 73 

discharge which this conveyance of real estate in New Jersey 
was made. 

The first taking up of any land by him was on the 23d day of 
06lober, 1682, when he located five hundred acres in Newton 
township, bounded on the west side by the King's road; upon 
which land part of the village of Haddonfield now stands.'^ 
Two days after, he made another and adjoining survey of 
four hundred and fifty acres, lying on the southwest side of 
the first and extending to the south branch of Newton creek. ^ 
Perhaps no better sele6lion for soil and situation could have 
been made, showing that he a6led deliberately and understand- 
ingly in this the first step towards a settlement in a new and 
unknown country. 

"To secure a landing," he made a survey of one hundred 
and seventeen acres, bounded on the south side by Cooper's 
creek ; most of which is now owned by John E. Hopkins and 
Joseph C. Stoy.* Francis Collins sold this survey to Richard 
Gray, whose son John conveyed the same to Ebenezer Hopkins 
in 1746. 

Francis Collins built his house on the hill south of the 
village, where formerly resided John Gill, perhaps where he 
found a few acres cleared of the timber, and ready for him 
to cultivate his summer crop. 

He styled his new place "Mountwell," that being according 
to the English custom of having some particular name for each 
person's estate; which name often follows through the various 
conveyances from one generation to another for many years. 
The frequent changes in the ownership of land in New Jersey 
may be the cause of the disappearance of these names, yet 
the examination of old deeds and dilapidated records often 
discovers curious things in this regard. The Mountwell estate, 
at this day, is divided among many owners, and, if each were 
tenacious of the old title, much confusion would ensue. 

Being here some years before Thomas Sharp and his com- 
panions, he, in conne6lion with' others, did something by way 
of advice in their sele6lion of a place "to settle down by;" 



2 Revel's Book, 39. 

3 Lib. G2, 25. 

4 Lib. GH, 360. 



74 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

giving them his experience in the wild woods, and his inter- 
course with the aborigines, a subje6l of much interest to these 
new comers. 

His residence was isolated, some five miles from the little 
village at Newton, and without any intermediate settlements ; 
for, in 1700, Thomas Sharp' places but five houses on his map 
between Mountwell and Newton, thus showing how slowly the 
country filled up in the intervening eighteen years. 

The Salem road marked out as passing near where the village 
of Haddonfield now stands, could have been nothing more than 
a bridle path, and but seldom used except by the Indians. 

His dwelling, in all probability, was only a rude wigwam 
surrounded by many other like habitations, the homes of those 
who were becoming more and more familiar with the pale faced 
intruders, in whom they could discover nothing but peaceful 
intentions. Although of slow growth, the confidence once 
established was never impaired by any a6l of emigrant, or of 
aborigines. 

With the political affairs of the colony Francis Collins had 
much to do. In 1683, he was returned as a member of the 
Assembly to represent the interests of the third tenth, and 
at that session was appointed one of the commissioners for 
dividing and regulating land. In the difficulty between the 
proprietors and Edward Byllynge about the government having 
passed with the fee to the soil, he was one of the committee 
to adjust the matter among those interested.^ A long epistle 
was prepared, in which several queries were submitted to 
some Friends in London touching this important question ; 
but no conclusion was arrived at until the surrender in 1701, 
when all the rights of the government were given to the Queen. 

On the eleventh day of 'the third month, 1683, Samuel 
Jennings was ele6led Governor, and named Francis Collins 
as one of his council, showing that his Excellency, considered 
him worthy of that honorable and responsible position. 

In 1684, he was again eledled' to represent the third tenth, 
and, at that session, was made one of the judges of the several 
courts of that division of the territory of West Jersey, it being 



5 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 75 

before the bounds of Gloucester county were defined and 
settled. In 1685, ^e was appointed to the duty of laying out 
highways, a task which seemed to have been easily discharged, 
since the Indian trails were generally adopted for roads, and 
so remained for many years after that time. 

May 28th, 1686, the "Proprietors, Freeholders and inhabi- 
tants" of the third and the fourth tenth, agreed to call that ter- 
ritory the county of Gloucester, and they established all the 
political and judicial machinery necessary to set the bailiwick 
in motion. In September following, the first court was held 
at Arwamus, alias Gloucester, at which Francis Collins a6led 
as one of the judges. In this position he continued for 
several years, discharging his various duties acceptably to 
the people. Some mystery surrounds this, as he had removed 
into Burlington county soon after his second marriage; yet 
his name appears as one of the judges of Gloucester county, 
and as participating in all the business thereof. He was a 
public man in many other positions, as the ancient records 
conclusively show. 

In religious matters he doubtless took much interest. He 
was one of the leading members of the Newton meeting, then 
the only place of public worship in this region of country. 
Among the few marriage certificates preserved from those early 
times, is one stating that Thomas Shable, of Compton house, 
in ye province of West Jersey, was married to Alice Stalles, 
of Newton township, in ye same province, twelfth month, 
twenty-third, 1686, at 'Newton meeting. The autographs to 
this, prove that all the daughters of Francis Collins were 
present, thus displaying the curiosity of the sex, and leaving 
evidence that this chara6leristic is not of modern growth. 

Their hand writing shows them to have been young ladies of 
more than ordinary education, which was procured while they 
were residents of the mother country, since no opportunities 
for learning existed here at that time. Glad of any excite- 
ment about their quiet forest home, it was most natural that 
they should take advantage of such an interesting event, to 
break the monotony that surrounded them. Their dress, made 
to conform to the plainness of the sedl, did not destroy their 



^6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

graceful movements, ,or the comeliness of their persons. The 
only means of travel, except by water, being on horseback, 
they doubtless from long pra6lice were admirable equestrians, 
which exercise detracted neither from health nor from beauty. 

They drew around them many admirers, and, in the progress 
of time, left the parental home, and became the heads of fam- 
ilies, and the maternal ancestors to long lines of descendants. 

Mary, the wife of Francis Collins, died soon after his 
settlement here, leaving him six children, — Joseph, who mar- 
ried Catharine Huddleston of Mansfield, Burlington county, 
N. J., in 1698;® Sarah, who married Robert Dimsdale, M. D., 
of Chatteris in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1713; Rebecca, 
who married Thomas Briant, in 1698; Priscilla, who married 
John Hugg; Margaret, who married Elias Hugg; and Eliza 
beth, who married Josiah Southwick. 

Doctor Dimsdale was a prominent man in his day, and 
deserves notice here. He was confined in the prison in Hert- 
fordshire, for pra6licing medicine without a bishop's license; 
whether he refused or negle6ted to obtain one, does not appear. 
He was a man of much talent in his profession, and was the 
inventor of some popular nostrums that brought money to his 
purse and notoriety to his name.' 

He came with William Penn to Pennsylvania, but, in 1683, 
surveyed a large tra6l of land, south of Mount Holly, in 
Burlington county, lying on both sides of a stream that falls 
into Rancocas creek at Lumberton, called Dimsdale' s run.® 
He was owner of one-third of a whole share of propriety, 
bought of Nicholas Lucas, in 1682.** On this tra6l he ere6led 
a brick house, and, being a man of wealth, dispensed a liberal 
hospitality to his friends and visitors. He was somewhat 
interested in the political questions of the day, and sat as 
one of the judges of the courts of the county, wherein he 
lived.'" In preparing for his return to England in 1688, he 
appointed John Tathen and others, his attorneys to manage 
his estate in America. In 1699, he revoked this, and made 
Francis Davenport, John Shinn and John Scott, his agents. 



6 Friends' Records. 9 Lib. GH, 533. 

7 Burlington County files, 1720. 10 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

8 Revel's Book, 33. Basse's Book, 231. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 77 

with like powers." His property here increased in value, 
but he did not return to look after it. The records show 
many of the transa6lions concerning his land in New Jersey, 
but may never get beyond the iron doors of the building 
where now preserved, except as some enthusiast be curious 
enough to disentomb them. In 1688, he returned to England, 
and settled at Theydon Garnon, near Epping, in Essex, where 
he died in 1718. By a previous marriage, he had two sons, 
John and William, neither of whom came to this country. 
Their estate in West New Jersey passed, in 1746, to Richard 
Smith (the younger), and Ebenezer Large. '^ 

His widow, Sarah, by whom there was no issue, returned to 
New Jersey, and resided in Haddonfield during the remainder 
of her life, taking an a6live part in the religious society of 
which she was a member, and being frequently associated with 
Elizabeth Estaugh in her christian labors. In these persons, 
the intimacy of the ■ families, as it existed in England, was 
here represented, keeping alive the kindly feeling there so 
closely united, by reason of the trials and persecutions passed 
through in the early days of their religious profession. The 
name of Elizabeth Estaugh as a witness to her will, proves that 
their friendship, ended only by her death. She died in 1739, 
distributing her estate among the children of her brothers 
and sisters, by her last will and testament. ^^ By a deed from 
her father in 1714," she became the owner of a tra6l of four 
hundred and sixty acres of land in Newton township, being 
the second survey made by him — now owned in part by the 
Hinchmans, Samuel Nicholson, Jeremiah Willits and others — 
extending from near Haddonfield, southwesterly to the south 
branch of Newton creek. Upon the first day of April, 1725, 
Sarah Dimsdale sold the whole tra6t to Simeon Breach and Caleb 
Sprague, who held it in common until April 30th, 1726, at 
which date they made division thereof. By this deed of par- 
tition, Caleb Sprague took two hundred and fifteen acres in 
the northerly part of the tra6l, and Simeon Breach took twp 
hundred and forty-five acres next to King's run. None of the 



11 Lib. B2, 487, 546, 66g. 13 Lib. No. 4, 208. 

12 Lib. GH, 542. 14 Lib, A, 11. 



78 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

papers touching this transa6lion are of record ; a circumstance 
which may lead to much trouble in days to come, should some 
sharp-scented lawyer insist on knowing the titles to these 
lands from the first taking up. Such difficulties must often 
occur in relation to the land in West New Jersey, by reason 
of the frequent negle6l of owners in this regard. 

Joseph Collins, the only son of Francis by the first mar- 
riage, settled on the homestead farm, and there remained 
during his -life. Upon the second marriage of his father, 
this estate was involved in a trust to Robert Dimsdale and 
John Budd, for the u§e of such children as might be the 
issue of that conne6tion.'^ This was done to guard against 
the operation of the law of descents in force at that day, 
which gave the oldest male child all the real estate of which 
the parent died seized. This trust was defeated in 1716,^* 
as the father and his second wife, in conne6lion with the 
trustees, conveyed Mountwell to Joseph in fee, and, in 171 7, 
the children by the second marriage released all their right 
in the same to their elder brother.'' 

Joseph died in 1741,'* leaving the following children, — 
Benjamin, who married Ann Hedger; Sarah, who married 
Simeon Ellis ; Catharine, who married Thomas Ellis ; and 
Rebecca, who married Samuel Clement.'^ 

Benjamin was a carpenter, and lived in Haddonfield. Joseph 
Collins and his wife Catharine executed to Benjamin a deed 
for a portion of the Mountwell tra6l fronting on the south 
side of the main street of the village, retaining to themselves 
a life estate therein. Part of this was sold by the parties 
interested, in 1734. Benjamin died in 1756, leaving two 
children, Joseph and Priscilla, both minors at that time.^" 
It will be noticed that the name in this branch of the family 
is only perpetuated by two persons, Benjamin, the son, and 
Joseph, the grandson. 

Previously to his death in 1735, Joseph Collins and Catharine, 
lys wife, conveyed to Samuel and Rebecca Clement a part 



15 Lib. A, 76. 18 Lib. No. 4, 294. 

16 Lib. B2, 572. 19 Lib. No. 8, 395. 

17 Basse's Book, 138. 20 Lib. No, 8, 395, 544. Lib. No. 4, 294. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 79 

of the Mountwell traft, for considerations which showed them 
to be in favor with the parents. These were the sums of one 
hundred pounds, and sixteen pounds, annually, during the life 
of the said Joseph and Catharine and the survivors of them.*^ 

Rebecca, who married Thomas Briant, lived with her husband 
on his estate near Mount Holly, Burlington county, where he 
owned a large tradl of land. In an affidavit made by this man 
in 1733, in relation to the identity of George Elkinton, who 
came to New Jersey as a servant of Daniel Wills, he says that 
he was born at Shippen Warden, Northampshire, England, and 
in that year was sixty-eight years of age, and married Rebecca 
Collins. He was, in all probability, a servant of Daniel Wills, 
as Daniel appears to have brought several persons with him in 
that capacity, the most of whom became valuable and influ- 
ential citizens. 
■ In the year 1704, Francis Collins conveyed to Thomas Briant 
and his wife Rebecca, a tra6l of land containing four hundred 
acres situate in the "forks" of Timber creek, a short distance 
west from Chew's Landing. Rebecca survived her husband 
and died in 1743. 

Her children were Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Haines ; Sarah, 
wife of John Fennimore; Ann, John, Abraham and Benjamin. 
The descendents of this woman are, at this day, connedled 
with some of the most respe6lable families in West New Jersey, 
who, with a little care, may trace their lineage to one of the 
first settlers of the colony.- 

John Hugg, who married Priscilla, had considerable estate 
and resided at Gloucester, (now Gloucester city,) to whom 
the family now scattered over the country may trace their 
ancestry. His death is thus noticed by Smith in his History 
of New Jersey : 

"In this year (1730) died John Hugg, Esq., of Gloucester 
county. He was about ten years one of the council. Riding 
from home in the morning he was supposed to be taken ill 
about a mile from his house ; when getting off his horse he 
spread his cloak on the ground to lie down on — and having 

21 Liber EF, 65. 



8o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

put his gloves under the saddle and hung his whip through 
one of the rings, he turned the horse loose, which going home 
put the people upon searching, who found him in this circum- 
stance speechless ; they carried him to his house and he died 
that evening." 

In 1695, Francis Collins conveyed to John Hugg and his 
wife Priscilla a tra6l of land lying south of Haddonfield, and 
bounding on Little Timber creek, which they in a few years 
afterward sold to John Hinchman.'^- 

It is to be regretted that nothing conclusive can be discovered 
in regard to the children of Priscilla, as she had deceased, and 
John Hugg had married a second wife, by whom there was 
issue also. His children were numerous, but he made no dis- 
tin6lion as to their mother. In regard to the children of 
Margaret, a like difficulty occurs, v/hich may never be solved, 
except by some persevering genealogist interested in tracing his 
own blood. 

Josiah Southwick, who married Elizabeth, the youngest 
daughter by the first marriage, was a resident of Mount 
Holly, and interested in an iron foundry established at that 
place. He was a man of considerable estate and left some 
descendants, who still reside in New Jersey. 

The children of Josiah and Elizabeth were Josiah, James, 
Ruth and Maham.'^^ This family name never became exten- 
sive in New Jersey, and now is confined to but few persons. 

The marriage settlement, as before named, between Francis 
Collins and Mary, his second wife, bears date December 21st, 
1686,^* about which time this marriage took place at Burlington 
iheeting. She was the widow of John Goslin, a pra6lising 
physician and merchant of the town of Burlington, and the 
daughter of Thomas Budd, one of the largest proprietors and 
earliest settlers in the colony, who became a prominent man 
in the religious and political troubles of that day. 

The one son by her first marriage is the ancestor of the 
name in New Jersey. Upon the consummation of this mar- 



22 Liber A, 183. 

23 Census of Northampton Township, 1709. 

24 Liber B2, 572, 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 8i 

riage, Francis Collins removed to Northampton township, 
Burlington county, where he resided during the remainder 
of his life. Perhaps no more reliable information of this 
man and his family can be had than from a copy of the 
census of Northampton township, made in 1709, and pre- 
served by the Historical Society of New Jersey. Among 
those there noticed are these : 

Francis Collins, aged 74 ; Mary Collins, aged 44 ; John 
Collins, aged 17; Francis Collins, aged 15 j Mary Collins, 
aged II ; Samuel Collins, aged 9. 

John died in 1761.'^^ His wife was Elizabeth, a daughter 
of Benjamin Moore of Burlington county. They had a numer- 
ous family, of whom, according to the best data to be obtained, 
the following are the names and marriages : Sybilla, who mar- 
ried Samuel Gaskill ; Susanna, who married Daniel Garwood in 
1737; John, who married Patience ; Francis, who mar- 
ried Ann Haines (widow), and Elizabeth (he dying, the 

latter afterwards married Ishmael Kent) ; Joseph, who married 
Diana Pritchett; Charity, who married Charles Kain ; Sarah, 
who married Samuel Bates . Lizzie, who married Samuel Hugg, 
Robert Friend Price and Daniel Smith ; Mary, who married 
James Budd, and Priscilla, who married Joshua Evans (his second 
wife). Joshua Evans was a preacher among Friends, and of 
that society there was no more exemplary or self-denying mem- 
ber. He adhered stri6lly to the spirit and letter of his belief, 
yet was not intrusive or objectionable in so doing. He saw the 
evils of intemperance, and, by his example and precept, induced 
many members of the same society to abandon the use of liquor, 
even at that early day. He resided on part of the estate now 
owned by Joseph O. Cuthbert, near the centre of old Newton 
township. A history of his labors as a public Friend, published 
several years after his decease, shows him to have been an 
acceptable member of his church, faithful in his duties and a 
consistent Christian. 

It may be seen that the blood of John Collins is distributed 
among so many collateral lines, that its tracing would be almost 
impossible. 



25 Lib. No. lOj 346. 

6 



82 F/J?ST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Francis settled on land (which his father conveyed to him by 
deed of gift,) on the north side of Cooper's creek, lately Aaron 
Moore's.^" The house, a brick one, was burned in 1866. It 
had some pretension to size and style in its day, but was both 
small and unsightly, when compared with those of the present 
time. He sold part of this land to Jacob Horner in 1718. 

His children were Joshua, who married ; Job, 

who married Haines anci Elizabeth Ballinger ; John, 

who married Ruth Borradale ; Priscilla, who married James 
Mulock, M. D. ; Charles, who married Ruth Starkey, and 
Sarah, who married Ephraim Haines. 

Mary, the only daughter by the last wife, married Thomas 
Kendall, and settled in Burlington county. 

Samuel, the youngest child of Francis and Mary Collins, 
married Abigail Ward in 1721. Their children were Samuel, 
who married Rosanna Stokes ; Mercy, who married Samuel 
Thomas and Solomon Haines. 

Samuel and Rosanna settled at Colestown, where his business 
was that of a blacksmith. He purchased land of Thomas Cole 
on the west side of Penisaukin creek, and built a house and 
resided there during his life. This property was since owned 
and occupied by George T. Risdon, now deceased. 

Their children were Abigail, who married John Lippincott ; 
Rachel, who married Joseph Champion, and Hannah, who mar- 
ried Enoch Allen. 

The children of Samuel and Mercy Thomas were Samuel, 

who married Hannah Bishop, and Hannah, who married 

Clyne. Mercy's child by the last marriage was Elizabeth, who 
married Isaac Mullen. 

Much speculation has arisen in regard to the first Samuel 
here named, as to his being a son of Francis and Mary Collins. 
That they had a son of that name is beyond cavil, and his 
marriage appears in the proper order of time. In 1728, Mary 
Collins, as executrix of Francis Collins, deceased, conveyed to 
this person a lot of land at Gloucester and a portion of a share 
of propriety, part of which share of propriety Samuel conveyed 
to his son Samuel, the blacksmith. This, in connedlion with 



26 Lib. H, 52. Lib. BB, 104. 



FRANCIS COLLINS. 83 

other like data, seems to identify this person with Francis and 
Mary Collins in a manner sufficiently conclusive as to such 
relationship. 

John (the son of John) settled in Waterford township, near 
Glendale. His residence, a large brick house, not now remain- 
ing, stood upon the farm now owned by John Stafford. He had 
considerable real estate in that region, and deceased in 1768. 
His wife survived him, and his child Mary, who was then the 
wife of Samuel Hugg of Gloucester." 

He gave his land to his daughter during life, and to her 
children (if any she left), in fee after her death; and, in default 
of such issue, the same was to pass absolutely to John and Job 
Collins, sons of his brother Francis. 

The daughter Mary died without children "her surviving," 
and the land became the property of John and Job, who occu- 
pied it for several years ; but, at this present time, none of it 
is held in the name or blood of the family.^** 

In 1720, and but a short time before his death, Francis 
Collins executed his will (which remains on file in the proper 
office), expressing his desire in regard to the remainder of his 
property.''^' To his children, as they arrived at their majority, he 
conveyed portions of his land, — a circumstance which decreased 
the amount of property that passed by his will. He was probably 
a man of wealth and a(5live business capacity. Much known 
through the colony, he commanded the respe6l of all. He 
lived to see his descendants increase in a remarkable degree, 
and occupy much space in the land of his adoption. He took 
part in all the changes and troubles of the colony, from the 
beginning until the government was fixed upon a solid basis, 
and the people contented and prosperous. 

He could not but notice its advancement in all material 
interests, beyond the expe6lations of the most hopeful, and, 
in his declining years, observe the many changes that had 
been wrought since he set his foot upon the soil. Where had 
been but a few Indian huts, towns and cities were coming 
into existence; and, where miles of forests once extended, the 



27 Lib. No. 13, 297. 

28 Gloucester County Records, 1805. 

29 Burlington County Files, 1720. 



84 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

plantations of the settlers now gave evidence of progress and 
prosperity. The do6lrines of George Fox had spread abroad 
in the land, and the fruit thereof was a religious, moral, and 
law-abiding community. 

In his visits to his son Joseph at Mountwell, where he first 
broke the virgin soil to test its produdliveness, he could see 
how rapidly the country was filling up, and that already an 
embryo village had made its appearance, on the King's road 
near his place. 

A site for Elizabeth Estaugh's meeting house had been 
seledled. John Gill had fenced the land near the same, and 
a few mechanics had settled hard by, each extending his busi- 
ness as the folk increased in the neighborhood. 

At Gloucester also, where his daughters then lived, a marked 
change was observable since his first passage up the river to 
Burlington ; and Philadelphia was already a place of growing 
importance, the centre of trade for West New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania. 

Nearly two hundred years have passed away ; generation after 
generation has followed since that time, each increasing in 
numbers, and each augmenting the breadth of cultivated acres, 
until the primeval forests have disappeared before a teeming 
population, and the aggressive spirit of the age. 

The little companies who settled at Salem, Philadelphia, 
Burlington and Newton, formed but the centres from which 
have radiated those energies, that till the soil, fill the work- 
shops and crowd the cities. 

From these have gone out the multitudes that have made the 
waste places to bloom, and the generous land to yield its 
increase ; that have changed our rivers into great highways 
of commerce, and forced the mountains to give up their 
treasure ; that have founded a government, which has become 
the pride of its citizens and the admiration of the world. 



WILLIAM COOPER. 



WILLIAM COOPER and his wife Margaret, before their 
emigration to New Jersey, lived at Coleshill, in the 
parish of Amersham, Hertfordshire, England. This town lies 
about twenty-six miles northwest of the city of London, in 
which he was born in 1632. After he attained his majority, 
his occupation was that of a blacksmith. They were Friends 
and members of the Upperside Monthly Meeting, in whose 
minutes the records of the births of their children may be 
found, which are as follows : 

William was born ninth month, 26th, A. D. 1660; 
Hannah was born ninth month, 21st, A. D. 1662 ; 
Joseph was born seventh month, 22d, A. D. 1666; 
James was born third month, loth, A. D. 1670; 
Daniel was born first month, 27th, A. D. 1673. 

James probably died young, as no mention of his name 
appears in any papers relating to the family ; the others came 
over with their parents, and afterwards were the ancestors of 
the family in these parts. 

Like others of the same religious persuasion, William Cooper 
suffered, both in estate and person, from those who considered 
that they were doing God's service, in molesting such as chose 
to differ from them in opinion and pra6lice, — despoiling him 
of his horses and cattle, and dragging him to prison from the 
place where he was attending religious service. 



86 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Samuel Smith, in his history of New Jersey, does not fix 
the time of the arrival of this person with his family ; which 
was probably not for a year after the first emigrants had come 
to Burlington. Neither is the name of the vessel given, the 
place of landing nor the names of those who came with him. 
Among persons tracing their family from the one continent to 
the other, this break in their history is always a regret; it is an 
omission that Samuel Smith might, perhaps, have filled, but, at 
that period, he did not attach much importance thereto. The 
time has passed, however, to remedy this defe6l, except in a few 
cases, a defe6l which always leaves a shade of doubt as to iden- 
tity, and, sometimes, a breach that nearly destroys it. In this 
particular case no question exists, since the documents of a 
religious and legal charafler follow each other so closely and so 
continuously, that the William Cooper of Coleshill, of 1660, 
was the William Cooper of Pyne point, in 1682, beyond a 
doubt. 

The first is the certificate of the Monthly Meeting at Coles- 
hill, which is as follows : 

''Whereas, William Cooper, of Coleshill, in the parish of 
Amersham, and the county of Hertford, hath signified unto 
us that he hath an intention, if the Lord permit, to transport 
himself with his wife and children unto the plantation of 
West New Jersey, and hath desired a testimonial from this 
meeting for the satisfa6lion of Friends there or elsewhere, 
unto whom he may be outwardly unknown ; 
"We, therefore, whose names are here underwritten, do hereby 
certify all whom it may concern, that the said William Cooper 
and Margaret, his wife, having lived in these parts for many 
years, ever since the first of their convincement, have walked 
conscienciously and honestly among us, agreeably to the profes- 
sion and testimony of truth, according to the best of our 
observation and knowledge of them. 

"In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this, 
the fifth day of the twelfth month, 167S." 

This fixes his nativity (the previous record showing the 
names and ages of his children), and also proves that he 



WILLIAM COOPER. 87 

contemplated coming to "the plantation of West New Jersey." 
He could not have arrived here before the middle of the year 
following, the twelfth month being February, ana not a proper 
season for ships to start upon long voyages. He could not, 
therefore, have come with the first adventurers. 

The next a6l of William Cooper, as the records show, was 
one for the purpose of locating lands in New Jersey; this, 
doubtless, occurred soon after his arrival here, and bears the 
date of October sth, A. D., 1680.^ 

At that date, he sele6led fifty acres within the town bounds 
of Burlington, and had the same surveyed and returned to 
himself. It is possible that there was some delay in having 
the bounds defined, and in putting them on record. 

There can be but little doubt, however, that on this piece 
of land he eredled his first house and made a home for his 
family. The troubles between the London and Yorkshire com- 
missioners in regard to the parts of the territory each were 
to take, hindered the fixing of the boundaries of individual 
settlers, and may account for the difference in the known 
arrival of some and the return of their surveys ; yet, in the 
the case of William Cooper, the fa6l that the time of his 
arrival was not exa6lly known, leaves the taking up of his 
first location and his coming still an open question. 

In a short time it was found that the lines of the fifty acres 
interfered with those of an adjoining tra6l, owned by the 
" widow '^ Perkins; this trouble was afterwards settled by 
John Woolstan, unto whose wife William Cooper conveyed 
the same in 1695,^ she being his only daughter. Whether he 
continued his business after his settlement here, and attended 
to the necessary wants of the inhabitants, which, in his par- 
ticular line, were important, there is no record, for the worker 
in iron of that day was skilled in many other branches of 
mechanism, now in no way conne6led therewith. 

He probably had knowledge of the coming of the settlers 
at Newton, some perhaps being known to him in the mother 
country, as they had secured the title to their land but fifteen 

I Revel's Book, 7, 
■2 Lib. B2, 500. 



88 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

months before he accomplished the same for his property at 
Pyne Point, to which place he soon removed from Burlington. 
The intimacy so soon established between them warrants this 
conclusion ; so do many other incidents scattered through the 
history of the times, showing that the intercourse here was but 
a continuation of that begun before this aciventure was under- 
taken. The survey of three hundred acres at Pyne Point 
bears the date of June 12th, 1682.^ Within its bounds was 
a large Indian settlement, and in this William Cooper with 
his family made his abode. The position was well taken, 
being one of the most commanding in this section of the 
country, and a good location for a town. The point of land 
made by the jun6lion of the creek (afterwards called by his 
name) with the Delaware river, was selected as the site for his 
house, this site now being under water by the encroachment 
of the river upon the shore. 

Before William Cooper sele6ted this land, however, William 
Roydon had made a survey lower down the river, with which 
the boundaries of William Cooper's tra6l was found to inter- 
fere. It is evident that much controversy grew out of this 
trouble, and that it was not settled during the life of William 
Cooper. In 1723, William Cooper, the son of Daniel and 
grandson of William, became the owner of much the larger 
part of Roydon's survey;* and, being seized of his father's 
adjoining real estate at the same time, this difficulty may be 
said to have ended there. 

William Roydon located other trails of land in New Jersey, 
and crossed the ocean several times between the arrival of the 
commissioners at Burlington and his death. In his will he 
styles himself "citizen and grocer of London," in which city 
he died during the year named. 

If tradition be corre6l, he was a shrewd business man, and 
did not always heed the precepts laid down by Friends, when 
his own interest was involved. Although he speaks in his will 
of William Cooper as "his trusty friend," yet the trouble 
about the bounds of their adjoining land did not make the same 



3 Revel's Book, 32. 

4 Lib. D, 456. 



WILLIAM COOPER. 89 

impression upon the mind of William Cooper. Nearly one 
hundred years after his death a copy of his will was brought 
to Philadelphia and recorded in the proper office, being a 
necessary link to the title to some of his real estate in America. 
His family, if he had any, did not settle here. He had a 
brother Robert and a sister, Esther Wright, both of Essex, 
and a sister Eve, wife of Richard Crews of London. 

The Indians were not molested, and, although Arasapha, 
their king, conveyed to William Cooper all the estate that 
they had within the bounds of his location, yet no claim was 
set up by the grantee, and no trouble appears to have taken place 
between the old and the new inhabitants. The consideration 
in the deed between the aborigines and the settlers was made 
up of rum, match-coats, beads, guns, pots, kettles, pans, and such 
articles of general utility and fancy as satisfied this simple- 
minded people and always prevented any trouble in the future. 
This town was opposite a similar Indian settlement on the river 
called Shackomaxin ; between these places a ferry was already 
established, as to the beginning of which "the meniory of man 
runneth not to the contrary." Here the adventurers under 
the patronage of William Penn landed, and set up the first 
Friends' meeting in his colony. In the third month, 1681, 
a meeting was fixed at the house of Thomas Fairman ; and 
it was thus kept for more than a year, until the Friends united 
with those in Philadelphia. 

It is interesting to observe the religious intercourse that was 
maintained between the Quakers on each side of the river, 
an intercourse which lead to many marriages among the 
younger members, and to some complicity in tracing the 
genealogies of such. 

In 1682, a six-weeks' meeting of business was held alternately 
between Shackomaxin and Pyne Point, which was maintained 
for several months ; the said meetings being held at the house of 
Thomas Fairman of the one place and at that of William Cooper 
of the other. This custom appears to have been established by 
the yearly meeting held at Salem, for the convenience of Friends ; 
but it did not long continue, for a place of worship was soon 
built at Philadelphia, and also one at Newton, thus avoiding 



90 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

the necessity of using private dwellings. The meeting at 
Mark Newbie's house, to which William Cooper of the Point 
resorted, had been kept before he removed from Burlington, 
showing where the principles of George Fox were first pro- 
mulgated in this se6lion, and making it a point of interest to 
such as care to inquire thereinto. 

The intercourse of William Cooper with William Penn and the 
other trustees of Edward Byllynge was frequent, by reason of 
the large amount of land which he purchased for himself, and 
also as agent for others, still residents of England or Ireland. 
He was present at the celebrated treaty of Penn with the 
Indians, and doubtless gave that great man the advantage of 
his experience among this strange people. The similarity 
of the condu6l of each toward them, and the continued and 
lasting amity preserved from the first, show the same element 
of kindness and fair dealing to have ailuated and controlled 
both. The same principles of justice and of right, so much 
extolled in the condu6l of the Patroon of Pennsylvania, were 
no less rigidly adhered to by the Proprietors of New Jersey, 
always accomplishing the same end and deserving the same 
measure of praise. 

In the progress of time, the children of William Cooper 
took upon themselves the responsibilities of matrimony, and 
set up their own establishments. Hannah married John Wool- 
stan in 1681, and before her father removed from Burlington. 
This was his second marriage, the first wife being a sister of 
Thomas Olive, at that time governor of the province. He 
came in the same ship as the commissioners, and at his house 
were held the meetings of worshi]j for Friends in the early 
settlements. He was a worthy citizen, and the ancestor of 
numerous and respectable descendants. By the first marriage 
he had a son John, who, in 1683, married Lettice Newbold. 
In 1698, he (the father), died, disposing of a large landed 
estate by will.^ His children by Hannah Cooper were Samuel, 
who died single ; Jonathan, who married Sarah Pearson in 
1707; Hannah, who married George Nicholson in 1706; Sarah, 
who married Edward Borton ; Mary, who married Samuel 



5 Burlington County File 



WILLIAM COOPER. 91 

Bunting in 1713; Joshua, who married ; Michael; 

Elizabeth, who married Daniel Wills in 1714, and Rebecca, 
who married Francis Smith in 1714. 

Jonathan removed to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where 
he resided in 1715.*^ The daughters settled in their native 
State, and became the maternal ancestors of some of the most 
respe6lable families hereabout. 

The name of John Woolstan occurs among the Friends in 
England who suffered persecution for religious opinions. His 
house was the first ere6led in Burlington, and in it, the first 
monthly meeting of Friends was held after their arrival. 

Hannah, his widow, married John Surkett of Burlington, 
as her second husband; he deceased in 1709,' and she then 
married John Wills, son of Daniel, one of the commissioners, 
and father of Daniel, who married her daughter Elizabeth. 
There was no issue by either of the last marriages. 

William Cooper married Mary, a daughter of Edward Bradway 
of Salem, N. J., in 1682. He died in 1691, leaving a will, in 
which he names his father, William Cooper, his father-in-law, 
his wife Mary, and three children, John, Hannah and Mary.* 
He probably died at Pyne Point, and perhaps unexpectedly, 
as Samuel Spicer and Henry Wood, both residents near that 
place, were witnesses to his will. 

The inventory of his personal property discloses that he was 
a resident of Salem, and a blacksmith.^ His children married 
as follows : John married Ann Clark ; Hannah married John 
Mickle, and Mary Benjamin Thackara. As may be seen, 
William was about twenty years of age at the time of his 
coming to New Jersey. He was employed by his father 
in his own calling; this made him a useful man among the 
adventurers. He died young, and by his will left the care of 
his children to Edward Bradway and John Kay. 

John deceased in 1730, leaving his widow Ann and the 
following children, James, John, David, Mary, Ann, Sarah, 
Hannah, and a child unborn.^" 



6 Lib. A, 38. 9 Lib. A, Salem Wills, 65 

7 Lib. No. I, 337. 10 Lib. No. 3, 118. 

8 Lib. A, Salem Wills, 85. 



92 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Joseph Cooper married Lydia Riggs in 1688. This female 
was of Irish parentage, but at the time of her marriage was 
a resident of Philadelphia. It is probable that, in 1695 
(in which year the ferry and adjoining land were given to 
Daniel), William Cooper conveyed, by deed of gift, to Joseph, 
a tradl of land bounded by Cooper's creek, east of his father's 
residence, where he, Joseph, settled. On February iSth, 1708^ 
William Cooper conveyed two hundred and twelve acres to 
Joseph. The words of the deed are, "William Cooper, late of 
Cooper's Point, in Newton, Gloucester county, New Jersey, to 
Joseph Cooper, of the same place, for his house, land and farm 
called Cooper's Point, where he lately dwelt." " 

He had previously ere6led a house and out-buildings on a 
tra6l of land which he had located on the north side of Cooper's 
creek, in Waterford, now Delaware, township. A portion of 
this house is still standing, it being part of the homestead of 
Benjamin B. Cooper, deceased, about one mile from Ellisburg 
toward Camden ; and it is now one of the land marks of early 
times. To this place he removed, but not long to remain, as 
he died in 1710. 

In 1697, Joseph Cooper purchased of Abraham and Joshua 
Carpenter four hundred and twelve acres of land, in Newton 
township, bounded by Cooper's creek, — now constituting the 
most easterly part of the Cope estate. ^^ This he conveyed to his 
son Joseph in 1714, just as he had purchased it of the Car- 
penters. He owned much other real estate. He died in 1731, 
disposing of his property by will." His children were Isaac, 
who married Hannah Coates ; Joseph, who married Mary Hud- 
son and Hannah Dent ; Benjamin, who married Rachel Mickle 
and Elizabeth Burcham (^widow) ; Lydia, who married John 
Cox; Hannah, who married Alexander Morgan; Sarah, who 
married Joshua Raper; and Elizabeth, who married Samuel 
Mickle. 

The most noticeable of these was Joseph, who ere6led a 
large brick house on the Carpenter tra6l, and there lived. 
There were several children by his first marriage, all of whom 



11 Lib. AAA, 382. 

12 Lib. A, 08. 

13 Lib. No. 3, 173. 



WILLIAM COOPER. 93 

died young, except Mary (and she before her father), who 
married Jacob Howell. She left two daughters, Hannah, who 
married John Wharton, and Mary, who married Benjamin 
Swett in 1762. Joseph Cooper, in his will, gave a tradl of 
land, situated on the south branch of Cooper's creek, in Water 
ford, now Delaware, township, to these children, subject to 
the life estate of his second wife, Hannah, which, after her 
death in 1754, was divided between them. This tra6l of land, 
in the old papers called the "Wharton tra6l," many years 
since passed out of the family ; it is now divided into several 
valuable farms, among which is one owned by the widow of 
Charles H. Shinn, deceased; and on it stands the old mansion, 
built before 1728, at which time it was occupied by George 
Ervin, a tenant of Joseph Cooper, the son of the first settler. 

Hannah Dent, the second wife of Joseph Cooper, whom he 
married in 1735 in Philadelphia, was a minister among Friends, 
and came from England to New Jersey in 1723. The memorial 
published by the monthly meeting of Haddonfield, after her 
death in 1754, shows her to have been held in much esteem 
by that religious society. There were no children by this 
marriage. 

Joseph Cooper died in 1749." During his life he was an 
a(5live business man. He was a member of the Legislature of 
this State for nineteen consecutive years, which shows that he 
represented the people of Gloucester county in a manner satis- 
factory and acceptable, and, although more than one hundred 
years have passed away since that time, yet no like confidence 
has been extended to any representative of the constituency 
of this region. He held other official trusts in the county, 
which he discharged with fidelity ; and he seems to have been 
universally respected. The Haddonfield Monthly Meeting also 
noticed his death, and left on record evidence of the estimation 
in which he was held by the Society of Friends. 

Daniel Cooper, the youngest son of William, came to New 
Jersey when about seven years of age. There was no portion 
of his life of which his recolledlions were so vivid as that 
occupied in coming here. Alive to every object about him, 

14 Lib, No. 6, 274. 



94 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

in the novel position in which he then was, he could never 
forget them, and he doubtless in after years could enter more 
into the details of the voyage, than any other who shared it 
with him. 

Without a regret, he looked happily forward, and, amid ever 
changing scenes, did not share the sorrow of his seniors in 
parting from friends and home. Of an age to attra6l atten- 
tion, he doubtless made the acqaintance of all on board, 
ventured into every part of the ship, and was soon on social 
terms with the crew. Their odd dress, wonderful sea stories, 
and quaint ballads, excited his childish curiosity, and impressed 
upon his plastic mind things there to remain as long as he 
should live. 

Daniel was twice married. In 1693, to Abigail Wood, a 
daughter of Henry and Hannah, who lived near by his father's 
place, but on the opposite side of Cooper's creek. At that 
time he took possession of the Roydon ferry, previously pur- 
chased by his father, and continued the same under the license 
granted to Roydon by the court sitting at Gloucester. 

The license, as granted, is a curious document, but it embodies 
everything necessary to be said, either by way of explanation 
or for the exercise of authority in exacting tolls. No better 
history can be given of it than an entire copy from the record. 

"Whereas, at a court held at Gloucester upon ye first day 
of ye first month in ye year one thousand six hundred and 
eighty-seven it was presented to ye Bench that a constant and 
common ferry was very usefull and much wanted from Jersey 
to Philadelphia, and also that William Roydon's house was 
judged a place convenient, and ye said William Roydon a 
person suitable for that employ ; and therefore an order from 
ye court was then granted for ye establishment and fixing of 
ye same. Whereto ye bench did then and there assent, and 
refferred to ye Grand Jury ye methodizing of ye same, and 
to fix ye rates thereof, which was by them agreed and con- 
cluded upon as hereunder follows : 
"Therefore we permit and appoint that a common passage 

or ferry for man and beast be provided, fixed and settled in 



WILLIAM COOPER. 95 

some convenient and proper place between ye mouths or 
entrances of Cooper's creek and Newton creek, and that ye 
government, managing and keeping of ye same be committed 
to ye said William Roydon and his assigns, who are hereby 
empowered and appointed to establish, fix and settle ye same 
within ye limits aforesaid, wherein all other persons are desired 
and requested to keep no other common or public passage or 
ferry. 

"And ye said William Roydon shall prepare and provide 
good and sufficient boats, with other conveniences suitable to 
ye said employ, to be in readiness at all times to accommodate 
people's a6tions, and shall take no more than six pence per 
head for such persons that shall be by him ferried over ye 
River, and not more than twelve pence for man and horse 
or other beast, and so not exceeding twelve pence per head 
for any sort of beast so ferried over, as above said: except 
swine, calves and sheep, which shall pay only six pence per 
head and no more. 

"Given under our hands and seals at ye Court held at 
Gloucester for ye Jurisdi6tion thereof, this ye first day of 
ye first month, in ye year of our lord one thousand six hun- 
dred eighty and eight. 

Francis Collins, Christopher Watkins, 

Andrew Robeson, Samuel Spicer. 

John Wood, 
"Entered, Examined and Recorded this 24th day of April, 

Ano 1689, 

per me, John Reading, Recorder.'"^ 

The accommodations at this ferry were nothing more than 
open boats fitted with oars, and occasionally with sails, which 
occupied much time in crossing, to say nothing of danger and 
exposure to passengers. A few trips each day were all that 
could be made in fair weather, and during a storm communi- 
cation ceased altogether. Abigail Cooper, the wife of Daniel, 
died in a short time after their marriage, and without children, 
for, in 1695, he married Sarah, a daughter of Samuel and Esther 

15 Lib. Gi, iio. 



96 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Spicer, who also lived on the north side of Cooper's creek 
near Pyne Point. On the 6th day of the second month, 1695, 
William Cooper conveyed to Daniel, the ferry, with one hundred 
and fourteen acres of land attached, and by the same deed 
other real estate in Gloucester county/" Daniel and Sarah 
Cooper's children were three sons, — William, who married 

Mary Rawle, of Philadelphia; Samuel S., who married 

, and Daniel, who married . 

Daniel Cooper died intestate, in 1715.*' The appraisement 
of his personal property amounted to four hundred and fifty 
pounds, including two ferry boats, showing that he resided 
at, and kept the ferry at the time of his decease. His real 
estate was large, and he was, no doubt, one of the wealthiest 
men of his day. In 1 730, William Cooper, the son of Daniel, 
petitioned Lord Cornbury, then Governor, for a license to 
keep a ferry "where one had been kept for more than forty 
years;" which license was granted, "with the exclusive right 
of ferry for two miles above, and two miles below, so long as 
he accommodated the people, upon the payment of one shill- 
ing yearly on the fast day of St. Michael the Archangel.'"* 
This charter was certainly a liberal one, extending beyond 
the limits of the present city of Camden, without any time 
fixed for its termination, and with a tax that, by the face 
of the document, was to be but nominal. It was a monopoly 
so far as regarded these privileges, within the distance named, 
but in after time it became modified, and finally was abandoned. 
The exa6l position of this ferry upon the river front is not 
now known ; it was probably between Cooper street and Market 
street, as Royden's survey extended but a short distance above 
the first named street. 

The amount of business done at this river crossing may be 
inferred from the number of inhabitants in this region in those 
days. The census of Gloucester county, taken in 1737, shows 
a population of three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven, 
including one hundred and twenty-two slaves. ^^ A large pro- 
portion of these lived near some navigable stream, depending 



16 Lib. A, 39. 18 Lib. AAA, 249. 

17 Gloucester Files. 19 Lib. GH, i. 



WILLIAM COOPER. 97 

upon boats as a means of travel ; and, in going to Philadelphia, 
they would use their own transportation and not cross either at 
Gloucester or Cooper's ferry. Also it has been seen that, in 
1 715, Daniel Cooper had but two ferry boats, no doubt of ordi- 
nary size and without capacity for carrying many people ; which 
kind of evidence goes very far to prove that the means, though 
scanty, were sufficient for the wants of the public. 

Daniel, the youngest son of Daniel, in 1728, settled near 
the head of the north branch of Cooper's creek, on the farm 
lately owned by William Hooten, deceased. He was a farmer, 
but was sometimes called a drover. This latter occupation was 
only occasionally indulged in, to procure cattle from along the 
sea shore for himself and neighbors. These were bred upon 
the meadows, and in the endless forests abounding there in 
those days. Wild and nearly unmanageable, it required much 
ta6l, patience and woodcraft to control them. 

The first William Cooper deceased in 1710, leaving a will, 
in which he named his children and disposed of .the remainder 
of his property.'" His personal estate amounted to upwards of 
seven hundred pounds sterling, — a large sum for the times, but 
of small account in these days of wealth and pretension. 
Under the residuary clause of his will, parts of the estate 
passed to his grandchildren, who, at the time of his death, were 
John Cooper, Hannah Mickle, Mary Thackara, Joseph Cooper, 
Benjamin Cooper, Isaac Cooper, Lydia Cox, Hannah Thackara, 
Sarah Raper, Samuel Cooper, Daniel Cooper, Jonathan Wool- 
stan, Samuel Woolstan, Mary Bunting, Sarah Borton, Elizabeth 
Wills, William Cooper, Rebecca Smith, Hannah Nicholson, and 
Elizabeth Mickle. 

It is scarcely necessary to say that William Cooper was an 
eminent member of the Society of Friends, and participated in 
everything that went to the advancement and stability of the 
church whose tenets he had espoused. He was a preacher 
among them, and lived at a time when the expounders of such 
do6lrines were especially obnoxious to the mass of the people 
of Great Britain; he, therefore, like others, suffered much 
thereby ; but, before his death, he saw the success of these 



98 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

do6lrines and their free development in the land of his adop- 
tion. He had much to do with the political management of 
the colony, being a member of the first Legislature that sat 
for the framing of laws. This was a work of great labor, 
but, in the end, it showed good judgment and pra6lical com- 
mon sense. 

Adopting the statutes of England as the basis, they made 
the new features of their system conform thereto, so far as 
was consistent with the rights of the settlers. Inducements 
were held out for emigration, and the system of jurisprudence 
made as liberal as possible to accomplish that end. Through 
the several sittings of this session William Cooper was present, 
and participated, no doubt, discharging his duties acceptably. 
He was appointed one of the commissioners to divide land, 
and also one of the committee to devisg.^'means for raising 
money for the use of the colony. The next year he was con- 
tinued a member. In 1684, when the trouble with Edward 
Byllynge in regard to the government was taken up, and Samuel 
Jennings and Thomas Budd sent to England as commissioners 
therefor,'^' the sum of one hundred pounds was allowed to each 
for expenses; and to William Penn was to be paid a like sum for 
services in the same matter. To assure the payment of these 
several sums, William Cooper, with nine others, joined in a 
bond as security therefor. 

In 1685, he was again returned as a member of the Leg- 
islature, and also continued commissioner for the division of 
land. In 1696, he was appointed one of the judges of the 
several courts of the county of Gloucester ; he also filled many 
other minor appointments in a township capacity. 

The remaining part of his original survey, being a small tra6l 
of land fronting on Cooper's creek and adjoining William Roy- 
don's survey, William Cooper conveyed to two of his grand- 
sons, John Cooper, son of William, and Joseph Cooper, son of 
Joseph f'- this Avas the last of the real estate held by him in 
Newton township. He had made other surveys in difi'erent 
parts of Gloucester county, some of which he conveyed, and 
some passed by his will. 



21 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

22 Lib. A, 28. 



WILLIAM COOPER. 99 

Parts of this real estate, particularly those within the city 
of Camden, still remain in the family, and have followed the 
blood of the first owner, under the proprietors, from genera- 
tion to generation, for nearly two hundred years. 

This is remarkable where the laws regulating the descent of 
real property are so liberal, and where the third generation 
seldom hold the land of their ancestors. Ability to possess, 
and a desire to perpetuate, family estates, are commendable 
traits ; they deserve emulation and should become to a greater 
extent chara6leristics of Americans. Yet, in our haste to get 
gain, all things else become secondary, and the exceptions are 
among those who are not willing to venture the paternal acres 
in fortune's lottery. 



WILLIAM ALBERTSON, 



THE name of Albertson, or Albertsen, as it is sometimes 
written, may be found among those of the earliest Dutch 
emigrants to New Amsterdam, who came here to barter with 
the natives for furs and the few other commodities which they 
had among them for trade.' As early as in 1650, the records of 
births and baptisms in New York, indicate that Albert Albertson 
had a child baptized in the church of that place, and that 
others of this name had the same rite administered to their 
offspring. Other records of that date show this family to have 
had several representatives in the colony, some of whom were 
men of considerable estate and influence. 

At this period a few small dwellings of the humblest char- 
after stood close around the fort at the outlet of Hudson river, 
where the Hollanders had a small garrison for protection against 
the natives, and where also were colle6led the articles of exchange 
that made the little commercial trade about that spot. 

It was at the time when each Dutchman had his farm or 
bowery, somewhere within the busiest part of the present city 
of New York, and drove his cow to pasture along the tortuous 
paths leading to his lot ; some of which same paths are now 
among the most crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis of 
America. It was in the good old times of sour-krout and wild 
tobacco, when a promising cabbage patch and a small quantity 
of smoked herring, rendered each inhabitant happy for the 



I Manual of Common Council, N. Y., 740, Library N. Y. His. Soc. 



I02 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

coming year at least ; and these were the days when the ances- 
tors of the Knickerbockers sought the Battery to enjoy a quiet 
smoke, and to listen to the merriment of the negroes at 
Communipaw. 

As the town enlarged, the family in question also increased, 
and their names may be found in various relations as time went 
on. True to their native blood, litigations and difficulties grew 
out of their stubbornness; and the court minutes show how 
tenaciously any supposable right was adhered to, and how often 
these troubles ended in a law-suit. The Dutch settlements 
upon the Delaware would naturally be the cause of more or less 
intercourse with those upon the Hudson river ; and persons and 
families can be traced from the one to the other, they, doubt- 
less, changing their abodes to improve their condition and 
advance their estate. 

In 1656, Hans Albertson purchased a patent for a tra6l of 
land at Fort Casimir, on South (Delaware) river, whereon he 
settled.'^ In 1672, Derick Albertson had built a mill near the 
same river, one-half of which was claimed by William Toms. 
This claim had to be settled by a suit at law.'^ This was pre- 
vious to the establishment of any court on South river, and, 
as a consequence, the parties were forced to appear before their 
High Mightinesses at New York, taking thereto all their wit- 
nesses and proofs at much expense, a pra6lice yet charadler- 
istic to the last degree. By this it may be seen that members 
of this family found their way to the colony on South river, and 
made permanent settlements ; yet there can be no question of 
their nativity, or of their arrival on the shores of America. 

In the progress of events William Penn became the owner 
of the territory of Pennsylvania, which included all the Dutch 
and Swedish settlements on the west side of the Delaware river. 
The do6lrine of ethics, laid down by him as the basis of his 
government, destroyed very much of the litigious element that 
formerly existed, and produced a new state of things among 
the inhabitants. Quarrels and disputes that previously had 
ended in court, were now disposed of in a manner much less 
conspicuous, and more satisfadlory to those interested. 

2 Dutch Manuscripts, 383. 

3 Dutch Manuscripts, 350, Library N. Y. His. Soc. 



WILLIAM ALBERTSON. 103 

Differences of opinion that often led to estrangements between 
families and among neighbors, were settled within the quiet 
precin6ls of the church, where the outside world was prevented 
from meddling, and where good advice and restraining influ- 
ence prevailed. 

Gradual, 3^et positive and well defined, was the progress of 
the teachings of Quakerism among the older settlers ; and 
its footsteps may be discovered from time to time, until the 
new dispensation pervaded the communities within its bounds, 
and but slight traces of the old order of things could be seen. 

On May 2d, 1682, William Albertson located a tra6l of land in 
Newton township, between the south and the middle branch of 
the creek that bears that name, and settled thereon.*"^ It does 
not appear whence he came, but the probability is that he 
was of Dutch extraftion, as before named, and that his 
parents were among the Hollanders of New York. The house 
which he built — no doubt, a small one — stood by the middle 
branch, and nearly fronting the little settlement called Newton ; 
but in a few years it entirely disappeared. He was a mar- 
ried man with a family when he came there; shortly after he 
removed to Byberry, Pennsylvania, and gave the possession 
of the estate to his son William. This occurred before 1692, 
for, in that year, he purchased a tra6l of land in the town bounds 
of Gloucester, the deed for which names him as then a resident 
of the place above mentioned." 

Upon the setting apart of a lot of land at Newton whereon 
to build a meeting house, he was one of the persons who 
accepted the trust therefor, and no doubt took an aftive part 
in the ere6lion of that place of worship.' This trust was 
continued until 1708, when other and younger men were called 
to occupy the same position. 

He made several locations and purchases of land, while a 
resident here ; but his removal so soon from this neighborhood 
leaves but little of his history among us, yet, so far as his 
record goes, he was a person much respecSled in his day and 
generation. In 16S5, he was returned as a member of the 



4 Lib. T, 355, O. S. G. 6 Lib. S6, 405, O. S. G. 

5 Lib. G3, r4i. 7 Sharp's Book, 50, O. S. G. 



I04 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Colonial Legislature ; he also held other minor county and 
township ofifices during his settlement here.** 

His children were William, who married Esther Willis, 
daughter of Henry and Mary, of Westberry, Long Island, 
N. Y., in 1695;** Abraham, who married Hannah Medcalf;*" 
Rebecca, who married Joseph Satterthwaite : Ann, who mar- 
ried Walter Forrest " and John Kaighn ; Cassandra, who mar- 
ried Jarvis Stockdale; Benjamin, who married ; 

and Josiah, who married Ann Austin of Evesham, Burlington 
county, N. J. 

At the time of his decease, he resided at Poquesin, in Bucks 
county, Pennsylvania, where he owned grain and saw mills, 
and considerable other property. He died soon after the 
execution of his will (1709), survived by his widow Hannah, 
and by all his children except Ann.^'" 

To his son William, in the year 1698, he deeded the home- 
stead property, whereon he remained until his decease in 1720." 
This was a valuable estate, and he improved it by enlarging and 
banking the meadow attached to the property, which, at that 
time, was the only soil from which hay and pasture were derived. 
The artificial grasses now used upon the upland, had not then 
attra6led the attention of agriculturists, for which reason the 
meadow and marsh lands along the streams commanded much 
the higher price, and were considered as a necessary appendage 
to every farm. The meadow land on each of the branches of 
Newton creek, was, no doubt, the attra6lion that brought the 
settlers first to this place, and was, in fa6l, the only means they 
had for sustaining their cattle. 

To avoid expense and to secure the land from the overflow 
of the tide, William Albertson placed a dam across the south 
branch, and reclaimed much of the marsh above the same. 
In this dam there were tide gates, the constru6lion and utility 
of which need not be explained here." These were kept in 
use until the dyke was put across the mouth of the creek, at 
the river, in 1786, when all the improvements on the several 



8 Learning & Spicer's Laws. ii Lib. No. 6, Salem Records, 32. 

9 Friends' Records, Long Island. 12 Philadelphia Records. Lib. M, 75, O. S. G. 
10 License Book, 25. Lib. No. 7, Salem 13 Lib. A, 104. Lib. G3, 139. Lib. No. 2, 139. 

Records, 156. 14 Albertson Papers. 



WILLIAM ALBERTSON. 105 

tributaries of the same were abandoned. The utility of this 
manner of making meadow, in a sanitary point of view, is very 
questionable ; the miasma arising from the stagnant water and 
from exposed vegetable matter, incident to the system, is una- 
voidable ; it spreads disease through the entire neighborhood, 
and very much lessens the value of property within its baneful 
influence. 

The owner ere6led a substantial brick house, which, at the 
time it was built, ranked among the best in this se6lion ; but, 
when compared with the present system of archite6lure, it 
appears insignificant enough. This house still stands, and 
shows at a glance the many years that have passed away 
since its erection. 

In front of and at a short distance from it, may be seen the 
ditch and bank that surrounded the park for deer, which cov- 
ered many acres of land and extended to the south branch 
of the creek. On the bank stood a high and substantial fence, 
that effedlually prevented the game from escaping when once 
within its bounds; and there the owner and his invited friends 
could find excellent sport at any season of the year. 

Conne6led also with the place was a race course, where the 
speed of the pretentious horses in the neighborhood could be 
tested, and where, doubtless, the conceit was often taken out 
of various owners and backers, who resorted thither to fleece 
a jockey disguised as a greenhorn. 

All these prove not only that the owner was a man of wealth, 
but also that, in its enjoyment, the drift of his inclination 
brought around him a class of associates that had similar tastes. 

William Albertson was an a6live man in the affairs of the 
colony, and, besides holding other positions of public trust, was 
returned as a member of the Assembly in 1685.^^ He was for 
several years a member of the council of proprietors, and at 
a time when men of the best judgment were called upon to a6l 
in that capacity.^'' In the affairs of the township his name 
is often seen, which shows that he looked after the interests 
of his neighbors as well as the enjoyments of his own estate. 



15 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

16 Minutes of Council, O. S. G. 



io6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

He died in 1720, leaving a widow and the following named 
children : John ; Abraham, who married Sarah Dennis ; Wil- 
liam, Jane, Mary and Esther." 

Part of this estate descended under the name of William 
Albertson through four generations to a daughter Sarah, the only 
child of the last William, who married David Henry, in whose 
name a portion of the same still remains; thus continuing part 
of the original property in the line of blood for nearly two 
hundred years ; one of the rare occurrences of lineal inher- 
itance touching landed property in New Jersey.^® 

Abraham settled on the tra6l of land which his father pur- 
chased of Andrew Robeson in 1692, situated in the town 
bounds of Gloucester and on the south branch of Newton 
creek, which his father conveyed to him in 1698/'' 

He died in 1739, leaving the following named family:'^" 
Isaac ; Jacob, who married Patience Chew ; Abraham, who 
deceased without children \ Ephraim, who married Kesiah 
Chew ; Joseph, who married Rose Hampton ; Aaron, who 
married Elizabeth Albertson ; Levi, who 'married Kesiah Rob- 
erts; Jonathan; Rebecca, who married ; Beverly, 

and , who married Richard Chew.'^ 

The estate, as held by the father in 1757, belonged to four 
of the sons, Jacob, Joseph, Isaac and Ephraim, among whose 
descendants parts of it were held for many years, but at this 
writing it has passed out of the name' and blood. 

Of Rebecca, who married Joseph Satterthwaite, nothing 
is known ; as families after two or three generations are apt 
to forget the maiden name of their maternal ancestors, and it 
is probable that all traces of her as the daughter of William 
Albertson have been lost. 

Ann, the wife of Walter Forrest, settled with her husband 
in Salem county as early as in 1686. They were married at 
Newton meeting, according to the order of Friends, to which 
they adhered as long as they lived. Her husband, in connec- 
tion with his brothers Francis and John, purchased a large 
tra6l of land in that county, in 1678, on Salem creek, of 



17 Lib. No. 2, 139. 20 Lib. No. 5, 136. 

18 Lib. T, 355, O. S. G. 21 Family Papers. 

19 Sharp's Book, Lib. S6, 405, O. S. G. 



WILLIAM ALBERTSON. 107 

John Fcnwick, and there they ere6led a corn mill, called the 
"Brothers' Forrest," perhaps the first of the kind in Fenwick 
colony. '■^'^ In the same year, they purchased other lands of John 
Fenwick, and afterwards became the owners of adjoining tra6ls. 

At the time of the first purchase they were residents of Bur- 
lington, and doubtless came over among the first emigrants. 
When Walter Forrest died in 1692, he was a resident of 
Byberry, Pennsylvania, where he had some estate.^'' There 
was no issue by this marriage."''. About two years after his 
death the widow married John Kaighn, who was a carpenter 
and resided at Byberry, where it may be supposed the marriage 
took place. -^ They soon after removed to Newton township, 
and settled on a tra6l of land which he had purchased of 
Robert Turner, fronting on the Delaware river.-'' At this 
place she died, leaving one child, Ann, who died in 1715, 
unmarried, thus ending this branch of the family in the second 
generation." 

By the will of his father, dated December 17th, 17.09, 
recorded in Pennsylvania, Josiah Albertson received a tra6l 
of land in Gloucester township, bounded on the south side by 
Otter branch, and thereon he settled and cleared a farm.^® 
In 1727, he married Ann, a daughter of Francis Austin, of 
Evesham, Burlington county, N. J. Her father was one of 
the first settlers in that neighborhood ; and many of this name 
are still to be found thereabout. There the first habitation of 
Josiah and Ann was built, on the land given him by his father, 
at a short distance south of the old Salem road, where he 
both plied his calling of shoemaker, and at the same time 
removed the timber from the soil. 

He enlarged the breadth of his acres by purchase and loca- 
tion until his possessions were double those left him by his 
father. In 1743, he built a large and substantial brick house, 
perhaps on the site of his log cabin ; part of which is now 
standing and is occupied by his lineal descendant, Chalkley 
Albertson, who owns much of the original estate. Whether 



22 Lib. B, 16. Salem Deeds. 26 Lib. G3, 127. 

23 Salem Wills, A, 69. 27 Lib. No. 2, 162. 

24 Salem Wills, No. s, 98. 28 Lib. Mi, 75, O. S. G. 

25 Salem Deeds, No. 6, 32. 



io8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Josiah continued his business of making shoes, tradition does 
not reveal, but the chances are that his farming interests 
and lumber operations consumed all his time, and that the 
business of his youth was soon forgotten. "^^ 

The children of Josiah and Ann Albertson were eight 
daughters and one son ; Hannah, who married Jacob Clement ; 
Mary; Cassandra, who married Jacob Ellis and Jacob Burrough ; 
Patience, who married Isaac Ballinger ; Elizabeth ; Josiah, who 
married Eleanor Tomlinson and Judith Boggs; Sarah, who mar- 
ried Samuel Webster; Katurah, who married Isaac Townsend, 
and Ann, who married Ebenezer Hopkins and Jacob Jennings/'" 
These daughters were remarkable for their healthy look and 
comely appearance. In their attendance at meeting, they rode 
on horseback, presenting quite a cavalcade when several were 
together. 

Their attra6live appearance abroad and substantial qualities 
at home, made them desirable wives for those of the same 
religious denomination in search of such, and the records show 
that such qualifications were understood and appreciated; none 
of those that arrived at suitable age were left as "single sisters." 

In the collateral branches of thifi part of the Albertsons, 
it may be seen how many families can trace their lineage to 
them; and how widely spread may become the conne6lions 
of a particular stock, when the families are numerous and 
change their names, localities and associations. 



29 Lib. T, 310, O. S. G. 

30 Family Papers. 



ELIZABETH ESTAUGH. 



THE life and chara6ler of Elizabeth Estaugh are especially 
interesting to every resident of Newton township and its 
neighborhood, since her name and example will always com- 
mand the respeft and admiration of any one at all familiar with 
her history. Although only the collateral ancestor of a large 
family in this region, yet her name in this connexion is always 
spoken of with commendable pride and deserving reverence. 

The passing away of one generation after another has not 
blunted the interest felt in her good deeds, nor has the lapse 
of time obliterated the traditions handed down from parent 
to child. One hundred and fifty years have not destroyed 
the attra6lions that surround the romance of her early life, 
and no mention can be made of the history of this neighbor- 
hood, that is not conne6led with the adls and associations of 
Elizabeth Estaugh. 

She came to New Jersey a young, unsophisticated girl, 
comparatively alone. Fresh from the care of solicitous and 
affe6lionate parents, she left a home in which she had been 
surrounded by friends and by all that rendered life attra6live, 
to cast her lot in the midst of an unbroken forest, at some dis- 
tance from her nearest neighbors — a stranger in a strange land. 

Whatever may have been her youthful fancy of a life in the 
wilds of America, separated from her parents and friends, the 
realities of her situation must have occasionally pressed heavily 
upon her spirits, and caused her almost to regret the strange 



no FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and responsible position which she had assumed. Perlmps at no 
period of her eventful life, did the leading traits of her char- 
a6ler appear to a better advantage than thus early in her career. 

Self reliance and decision of purpose, based upon conscien- 
tious motives, were here developed, and these in the hour of 
trial did not desert her. 

She was a daughter of John Haddon, a Friend, who lived in 
Rotherhithe, in the parish of St. George, boroiigh of South- 
wark, county of vSurrey, England, then a suburb of the city 
of London, and on the east side of the river Thames.^ 

The long crooked street of Rotherhithe, lying, as it does, 
near to and parallel with the river, remains to this day the 
same narrow thoroughfare as when John Haddon resided there. 

The old Horslydown meeting near by, where Friends assem- 
bled for worship, has long been abandoned, and it is now used 
as a carpenter's shop. The Southwark meeting house has also 
given way to modern improvements, and the ground where 
once lay the remains of deceased members, is now occupied 
by the foundation of a railroad bridge, leaving no vestige of 
this place, of so much interest to such as care to visit the 
homes of their ancestors. 

John Haddon was a blacksmith, extending his business to 
the making of anchors, and had his shop between the street 
before named and the river. ^ 

Diligence and economy produced their legitimate ends, and, 
in the course of time, brought to him a large estate, which he 
used with discretion during life, and disposed of judiciously at 
the time of his decease. 

The ancestry of this man may possibly be traced to the 
manor of Haddon in Derbyshire, now part of the estate of 
the Duke of Rutland. 

The old baronial mansion of Haddon Hall is still standing, 
and is one of the points of interest to be visited by tourists. 
Although abandoned as a residence by the owner, yet every- 
thing remains as used and occupied many centuries since. As 
its name indicates, it was, perhaps, the seat of the Haddon 



1 Lib. AAA, 6i, 245. Lib. A, 203. Lib. D, 413, 419. 

2 Lib. G3, 458, Oi S. G. Sharp's Book. 43, O. S. G. 



ELIZABETH ESTAUGH. iii 

family before the conquest; but, in the arbitrary distribution 
of territory by William, this estate was given to his son, and 
the original owners were driven from the soil, or degraded by 
their Norman rulers. 

John Haddon lived in the times of the persecution of Friends, 
and suffered, in common with others of like persuasion, from the 
tyranny and oppression of those in authority.^ 

His children were born during this abuse of power. They 
heard and, perhaps, saw much of the distress that was brought 
upon their friends, and had impressed upon their youthful 
minds the feelings and sentiments of the parents, which early 
impressions no doubt adhered to them through life. Whatever 
of forbearance and forgiveness may have been instilled into 
their riper opinions and judgment by the teachings of a true 
religion, the remembrance of these wrongs done to an unof- 
fending and law-abiding people could never be obliterated. 

He was not among the first that became interested in the 
lands of West New Jersey, but no doubt knew of, and perhaps 
participated in, the advancement of the little colony, hoping 
that it might prove to be an asylum for those of like opinions 
who were, at home, borne down by the fanaticism of others. 

Although the plan of settlement was novel, and the system 
of government contained elements that were especially attract- 
ive to this class of professing Christians, yet it was no matter 
of money speculation among those who originated it, and did 
not in the end accrue very much to their pecuniary advantage. 
The inception and carrying out of the whole plan were in good 
faith, and, although difficulties subsequently occurred, yet these 
were from no fault of the principles adopted by the Proprietors. 

The success of the scheme in its various phases was canvassed 
on many occasions at the home of John Haddon, by those 
already interested, and in the presence of his children; they 
thus became familiar with its workings, and the progress which 
it was making among the people. Various circulars and pamph- 
lets were published, and letters also were written home by those 
already emigrated, which attra6led much attention; and the 
daughter Elizabeth could not have been indifferent to the move- 
ments made by her friends in that direction. 



3 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. i, 126, 485. 



112 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

He does not appear to have been a creditor of Edward 
Byllynge, and, like many others, to have accepted an interest 
in the land to save a debt likely to be lost ■. but he purchased 
of Richard Matthews one-eighth of a right of propriety in the 
year 1698, some twenty-four years after the acceptance of the 
trust by William Penn and others for the purpose of paying 
Byllynge's debts.* 

John Haddon had but two children, Sarah, who married 
Benjamin Hopkins, a wine merchant of the city of London, 
and Elizabeth, who was born in 1682 and married John 
Estaugh.^ 

In the year of the purchase above named, another was made 
of Thomas Willis, a son of John Willis, of a tra<5l of land 
in Newton tov/nship, bounded on the north side by Cooper's 
creek, containing about five hundred acres of land.^ In view 
of these purchases, John Haddon may have contemplated 
removing to New Jersey with his family and settling among 
his friends, many of whom had already preceded him, in- 
tending to make it their permanent home. There was some 
restraining influence, however, that prevented the carrying out 
of this purpose, which cannot be explained, except that the 
daughter Sarah was already married and settled in the city 
of her birth, whom the mother was not willing to leave behind, 
perchance never to see her again. If intended, the idea was 
abandoned before Elizabeth left her home, for her father execu- 
ted to her a power of attorney to become his agent in New 
Jersey for the location, purchase and sale of lands; this he 
would not have done, had he expe6led to come here in person.' 

In 1 70 1, being in the nineteenth year of her age, Elizabeth 
Haddon left the home of her parents, in company perhaps with 
a few friends, and came to New Jersey to occupy and look after 
the possessions of her father. In this a6l were first manifested 
that courage and decision of charadler, of which so much was 
seen in after years. At that age, to attempt such an adventure 
showed a great sacrifice on the part of the parents, and much 
self-reliance on the part of the child. In man nothing is so 



4 Lib. G3, 458. 6 Lib. A, 80. 

5 Lib. No. 3, 58. 7 Lib. G3, 347. 



ELIZABETH ESTAUGH. 113 

much admired as high-toned moral courage, with a disinter- 
ested and unselfish purpose to accomplish ; and no less will be 
accorded to this young female who assumed responsibilities 
that many of the other sex would avoid, even with much 
greater attra6lions than those that lay before her. Perhaps 
a motive, as yet undeveloped, may have had something to 
do with this a(5l, a motive to be explained by what occurred 
within a year after her arrival and settlement in her new home. 

A short time before this voyage was undertaken, a young man 
of much talent — a native of Kelvedon in Essex, afterwards a 
resident of Rotherhithe, in Surrey® — had appeared among the 
Quakers of London, and attracted considerable notice as a 
public speaker. He had scarcely arrived at man's estate, yet 
he stood an accepted minister in expounding and defending 
the religious belief of the Society of Friends. 

An acquaintance and frequent visitor at the house of John 
Haddon, an intimacy grew up between himself and the daugh- 
ter Elizabeth, which very naturally ripened into a stronger 
feeling. 

This young man was John Estaugh, born upon the second 
month 23d day, 1676, at Kelvedon, a small town about fifty 
miles northeast of London. He became convinced of Friends' 
principles by hearing Francis Stamper of London preach at 
the funeral of a neighbor; and he appeared in the ministry 
when about eighteen years of age. He was a member of the 
Cogshall Quarterly Meeting, in the county of his birth. 

He received a minute from that meeting, dated seventh 
month 28th, 1700, allowing him to go to America on a 
religious visit. He was accompanied by John Richardson, 
and arrived in the river Patuxent, Maryland, in the first 
month of the following year. 

They travelled in Virginia together, visiting many meetings, 
and returned through Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. It was 
at this time that John Estaugh first met Elizabeth Haddon 
after her arrival, while she remained among her friends, and 
before she took up her abode on the estate of her father in 
New Jersey. Perchance a mutual pleasure was manifested when 

8 Lib. A, 03. 



114 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

they met, that betrayed a latent feeling common to both; and, 
although taught from childhood to avoid expressions of joy 
or grief, yet, upon an occasion like this, such expressions 
were pardonable in those whose hopes so closely and warmly 
sympathized. 

While in Philadelphia, on this occasion, John Estaugh 
thought it his duty to go back to Virginia, "not feeling his 
mind clear of that province." 

Some doubts existed in the minds of John Richardson and 
John Estaugh, as to the propriety of separating, and several 
of the elders were convened and made acquainted with their 
prospe6ts in this regard, and, after proper deliberation, the 
wishes of John Estaugh were granted. He therefore separ- 
ated from John Richardson, and spent considerable time in 
Virginia, preaching among the people scattered through those 
' ' wilderness countries. ' ' 

In the meantime, Elizabeth Haddon was making preparations 
to occupy her new home : and the appearance among them 
of so young a female, who had crossed the ocean without 
her parents, attra6led the attention of the hardy pioneers. 
The scenes before her must have contrasted strangely with 
those that surrounded her home in the suburbs of the great 
city of London. Here the prospe6live streets of the town 
were only defined by marks upon the trees of the forest, and 
the few scattered houses showed but little of the large city 
that now occupies the soil. The hill-side upon the Delaware 
front was yet full of caves, where lived the emigrants who had 
not means or opportunity to ere6l better dwellings; and the 
strange appearance of the natives must have filled her mind 
with misgivings as to the security of the new settlers. 

Francis Collins, the friend and companion of her father, 
who had settled at "Mountwell," extended to her the hos- 
pitalities of his house, and, by his dire6lion and advice, con- 
trolled her in much of her future condu6l. In going to his 
residence, they crossed the river at the ferry kept by Daniel 
Cooper, and performed the remainder of the journey on horse- 
back, as nothing more than a bridle path led from one settle- 
ment to another. This road passed through a continuous 



ELIZABETH EST A UGH. 115 

forest, save the few settlements at Newton ; there she was 
greeted by those who had preceded her to this new country, 
and who listened to such information as she might give them 
of friends left behind. 

The surroundings to her were all new and strange. Every 
thing being in a state of nature, she at last came to realize the 
privations through which her associates had already passed, 
and the difficulties that must beset her in this novel under- 
taking. In passing along they turned away from the road to 
look at the land purchased of Thomas Willis, where this 
"youthful emigrant" was to make her home in the future, 
and where she expedled to dispense the hospitalities of her 
household, in a manner consistent with her condition in life 
and her liberality of spirit. 

Two miles beyond, they reached '' Mountwell," where the 
yet single daughters of her escort gave her that welcome 
which she, in her lonely condition, could well appreciate ; 
and the kind regard for her comfort that was extended to her 
in their humble dwelling, was proportionate to that which she, 
in after years, fully and gratefully returned. 

It has been generally believed that she erected the first house 
on this tradl of land, bringing with her much of the material 
from England. This is an error, as a map of the land made 
by Thomas Sharp in 1700 (which was before her arrival), proves 
that buildings were already on the land ; and it is supposable 
that she occupied those already there. ^ John Willis, the locator 
of the survey, no doubt, put the dwelling there and lived on the 
premises some time, for fourteen years had elapsed between 
the date of the taking up and John Haddon's title. She 
probably enlarged and improved the house, so as to accord 
with her notions of convenience and comfort, and to receive 
her friends in a proper manner; for it is known that she never 
turned the stranger away from her door, or suffered her acquaint- 
ances to look for entertainment elsewhere. 

This house stood on the brow of a hill on the south side of 
Cooper's creek, at Cole's landing, about two miles from Had- 
donfield, in a commanding situation, and near that stream, 

9 Lib. A, 80. 



ii6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

which in those days was much used as a means of travel ; and, 
according to the custom of the times in giving a name to such 
settlements, it was called " Haddonfield." 

This name was retained until the building of the new house 
in 1 713, ere6led still nearer the village as it now stands; after 
whicli it was called "Old Haddonfield," in order to distin- 
guish it from the more modern and extensive settlement last 
mentioned.'" 

Mrs. Maria Child, in her story which she called "The Youth- 
ful Emigrant," of which Elizabeth Haddon is the heroine, says 
that John Estaugh did not visit her until the winter following 
her arrival and settlement here. That John cultivated forbear- 
ance as one of the Christian virtues, and attended closely to 
his Master's work, there can be no doubt; but the fair authoress 
has little knowledge of human nature, if she supposed that so 
great a temptation as a visit to this new home of Elizabeth 
(which home, by the way, was not the greatest attra6lion to 
this place in the forest) could be resisted. The many associa- 
tions that surrounded their friends in England, furnished subje6ls 
for conversation, interesting and agreeable, to say nothing of 
the new and wonderful things that met their observation at 
almost every step in their present situation. The meeting at 
Newton needed some one to minister spiritual things to its few 
attendants ; and who could blame him for being present occa- 
sionally at their sittings? and, after these, for accompanying 
his friend to her residence, to continue their conversation over 
her plentiful board ? 

Again, in weaving together the threads of her romance, 
Mrs. Child presents the scene in which these two persons 
are depi6led as adjusting the saddle girths of the horse upon 
which Elizabeth rode, as taking place while on their way 
to attend the Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Salem ; and, 
while this is being done, she represents the fair damsel as 
breaking to John a subje6l, that she believed she was dire6ted 
in this manner to approach, regardless of the conventionalities 
which generally govern in like cases. Without any desire to 
criticise or destroy the drift of this well told story, we must 

JO Lib. No. II, 113. 



ELIZABETH EST A UGH. 117 

suggest that the probability that these long journeys were 
accomplished by water, must interfere somewhat with the 
romance thrown around it, and mar the certainty of the fa6ls 
involved, which, there can be no doubt, the authoress designed 
to observe. For many years after the settlement of the country, 
no extended journey was attempted, except by water, where the 
place to be reached was near a navigable stream; and, in the 
case in question, the facilities for traveling from Philadelphia to 
Salem by packets were sujffiiciently attractive to avoid horseback 
riding for so long a distance. Upon the last point, the delib- 
erate condu6l of Friend Estaugh may have been rather slow for 
Elizabeth's impulsive nature, and, although something had been 
evasively said upon the delicate subje6l, yet their probable sepa- 
ration for a time rendered it excusable on her part to wish to 
have the matter settled. It was a commendable proceeding; 
and how many suitable companions by either sex might be 
secured, if more speed were observed by the one, and more 
courage by the other ! 

Whether John performed this part of the courtship awk- 
wardly, or whether Elizabeth showed her courage and good 
sense by a6ling as before mentioned, matters not, for the mar- 
riage was accomplished at her residence on the first day of the 
eighth month, 1702, in the presence of a committee of Friends, 
and of a few invited guests." Among the guests several of the 
aborigines might have been seen. Their knowledge of the 
bride was attained by hearing the story of her life from 
her own lips, which excited their admiration for her courage — 
among them a leading virtue ; and she commanded their regard 
and respeft ever after. They were dressed after their peculiar 
style, in garments made especially for the occasion, displaying 
upon these the rude taste of their people, and their interest in 
the present event. 

Their apparent indifference to the scene before them was 
much like the calm demeanor of the rest of the company ; 
yet they were keen observers of all that passed, and supposed 
the ceremony had but commenced, when they were told that 



II Friends' Memorials. 



ii8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

"the brave pale-face girl" and John Estaugh were husband 
and wife, until death should separate them. 

The solemnizing of marriages in public meetings was not 
generally observed in early times; for what reason does not 
always appear, yet such was the fa6l, as is seen in the record 
referring to those dates. 

Soon after this marriage had taken place, John Estaugh 
became the attorney of John Haddon, and took charge of 
his landed interests in New Jersey; which had become large 
by location and purchase, and required much of his time and 
attention. He, however, continued an acceptable minister among 
his people, and made many religious visits during his life.'^ 

He was also, for several years, agent for an association in 
London, known as the "Pennsylvania Land Company," the 
last settlement with the society having been made by his widow 
as his executrix two years after his death. 

As the country filled with settlers, mechanics became more 
plentiful, and building materials were more readily obtained ; the 
eredlion of a new house was contemplated, more suitable for the 
accommodation of their many friends and consistent with their 
wealth and position in society. Another site was sele6led, 
and, in 1713, a brick house was built, a short distance from 
the village of Haddonfield, where the present residence of 
Isaac H. Wood now stands. This was on a tra6l of land 
which John Haddon purchased of Richard Mathews, and, 
after the house was finished, it was called "New Haddon- 
field."" In a few years, however, the name was lost to both 
places, and attached to the village which stands partly on the 
last named tra6l of land." The house was substantially built, 
and bore the evidence of wealth and taste in the owner ; it 
was designed to secure the comfort of the occupants, so far as 
the knowledge of architedlure and convenient arrangement 
went at that day.^" Among other things, and what would 
seem strange at this time, a distillery was attached to the 
premises, and the smith shop which was there before the pur- 
chase by John Haddon, was kept up, and the tools were 



12 Lib. Gi, 203 Lib. AAA, 245. 14 Lib. B, 44, Woodbury. 

13 Lib. Q, 460. 15 Lib. No. 11, 113. 



ELIZABETH ESTAUGH. 119 

disposed of by Elizabeth Estaugh in her will.^" This stood 
near the jun6lion of Tanner street and the turnpike road, 
and was in existence within the memory of some now living. 

The garden was surrounded by a brick wall, part of which 
is standing at this time. In the yard are the yew trees, planted 
by the hands of the first residents ; they are the admiration 
of every visitor to this interesting spot. One hundred and fifty 
years leave them as almost the only monuments of the liberality 
and taste of those who originated this place, and, fortunately, they 
have stood through successive generations to conne6l the present 
with the past. The yard and garden show the care and judg- 
ment exercised by this remarkable woman ; and, what is com- 
mendable in the present owner, everything that is known to 
have originated with her, is preserved with scrupulous care. 
The old house was destroyed by fire in 1842. To the anti- 
quarian this place has much that is attra6live, for here may 
be found those relics of by-gone days that have escaped the 
too often vandal hand of progress — relics which grow more 
interesting with their age. 

The neighborhood of New Haddonfield was gradually being 
occupied with new comers, most of whom were Friends, when 
the propriety of establishing a new meeting was considered 
among them ; the Newton Meeting being several miles away, 
with miserably bad roads to travel most of the year.'' About 
1720, and perhaps earlier, a meeting house was built near the 
King's road, and meeting was regularly continued there. The 
energy and liberality of Elizabeth Estaugh were again shown 
in putting this meeting on a permanent basis, for, in 1721, she 
went to England, and procured from her father a deed for one 
acre of land, and on this stood the new building, as a place of 
public worship.'* 

The quaint description of the boundaries no doubt originated 
with Thomas Sharp, who prepared the deed before it was taken 
across the ocean for the signature of the donor; and, as one 
of the witnesses to this document, stands the name of Elizabeth 
Estaugh, in her own peculiar style of penmanship. The trus- 



16 Lib. No. II, 113. 

17 The Friend, Vol. 4, 206. 

18 Sharp's Book, 43, O. S. G. 



I20 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

tees were William Evans, Joseph Cooper, Jr., and John Cooper. 
In this way and at this time, originated the Friends' Meeting at 
Haddonfield, where it has until the present continued ; it 
being, until the year 1818, the only place of public religious 
worship in the village. 

By deed of gift, in 1722, John Haddon conveyed all the land 
which he had purchased of Richard Mathews, to John and 
Elizabeth Estaugh, and in the deed called the tra61; "New 
Haddonfield;" in 1732, they conveyed one and a quarter 
acres adjoining the lot where the meeting house stood, to 
John Mickle, Thomas Stokes, Timothy Matlack, Constantine 
Wood, Joshua Lord, Joseph Tomlinson, Ephraim Tomlinson, 
Joseph Kaighn, John HoUinshead, Josiah Foster and William 
Foster, as trustees to and for the use of the Society of 
Friends. ^'' 

In 1763, the trust was continued by deed from Ephraim 
Tomlinson, Josiah and William Foster, to John Gill, Joshua 
Stokes, Nathaniel Lippincott, Samuel Webster, John Glover, 
James Cooper, John Lord, John E. Hopkins, John Brown, 
Isaac Ballinger and David Cooper, as trustees for the same 
purpose. 

In 1828, all these trustees were dead, and Samuel Webster, as 
the oldest son of Samuel Webster (one of the trustees afore- 
said), continued the trust to other members of said meeting for 
like purpose.'" The first meeting-house was built of logs; it 
was much larger and more confortable than the old house at 
Newton, but every part of the work was scrupulously plain, and 
without paint or ornament of any kind. It stood upon the 
site of the brick house that was ere6led in 1760 and taken 
down in 1852, and, when the brick house was built, the old one 
was removed to the opposite side of the Ferry road and used 
as a stable. If some person, curious in such things, had made a 
faithful sketch of the old log meeting-house, as it appeared in its 
latter days, and the sketch were in existence at this time, some 
enterprising photographer would find for the duplicates a ready 
sale in this region of country. 



19 Lib. B, 44, Woodbury, 

20 Lib. VV, 322, Woodbury. 



ELIZABETH EST A UGH. 121 

John Haddon died in London, in 1723. In his will he men- 
tions that his wife had just died, with whom he had lived for 
forty-seven years — a remarkable clause in such a document, but 
placed there to perpetuate his affe6lion for her, the companion 
of a life time."^ 

By his will he devised his entire estate (except a few small 
legacies) to his two children, and made them executrixes. The 
estate, however, was to vest as a joint tenancy ; to defeat which, 
Benjamin and Sarah Hopkins, and John and Elizabeth Estaugh 
conveyed said real estate to John Gill (who was their cousin 
and resided at Haddonfield), in 1726, in trust for certain 
uses.'-'- 

In this a61;, that regard for each other which existed between 
Elizabeth Estaugh and her husband, and which had been shown 
from the first, was again manifested ; for, in the deed of re-con- 
veyance from John Gill to them in 1727^^ for one-half of the 
same land, the estate was made to vest in the survivor, thus 
showing that any advantage that might be derived from the 
law regulating the descents of land, should not defeat the wishes 
of the owners.'^*. 

The husband, however, died first, and the entire estate passed 
to Elizabeth Estaugh in fee simple, as if the deed had not been 
executed. 

John Estaugh had some skill in chemistry and medicine, which 
he made useful in his neighborhood, especially among the poor. 
He traveled in the ministry, beside writing many letters to 
meetings in other parts; and, while in London in 1722, he 
addressed a long epistle to the Quarterly Meeting of Salem 
and Newton of vi'hich he was a member. His writings were 
colle(?ted and printed in 1744, by Benjamin Franklin in 
Philadelphia. 

He died in Tortula, one of the West India Islands, on 
the sixth of the tenth month, 1742, while on a religious visit 
there." The brick tomb eredled by order of his widow over his 
remains which lay at that place, has long since gone to decay. 



21 Liber No. 3, 58. 24 Liber W, 254. 

22 Lib. D,4i3, 415. 25 Lib. No. 4, 357. Friends' Memorial. 

23 Lib. D, 419. 



122 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

he being only known by the people there as a stranger, who, in 
the course of events, was soon lost sight of and forgotten. 

No better evidence need be had of the respe6t in which he 
was held by the community in which he lived, than the mem- 
orial set forth in the minutes of the Monthly Meeting at Had- 
donfield, immediately after his death. While mourning his loss 
to themselves as a valuable member, it bears witness of his 
consistent religious life and usefulness among them, and added 
to this is the testimony of his widow, recording the confidence 
of a companion who knew him as a man and a Christian in the 
every-day walks of life. This sincere, but subdued expression, 
coming from a bereaved wife, proves that the traits of a true 
professor, had controlled and governed him in all his intercourse 
with jhis fellow men. By his will he gave all his estate to his 
widow. 

Elizabeth Estaugh survived her husband some twenty years, 
and lived in the house built in 1713, in the same manner as 
during his life, entertaining Friends in their visits to the various 
meetings in the neighborhood. Her consistent Christian pro- 
fession showed itself in many ways, not the least of which was 
her kindness toward the poor of the surrounding country, 
observing the Bible injunction of secrecy in this regard. 

The farm, of which about one hundred acres were arable 
land, was under her own care, and received her personal 
attention. Having no children of her own, she adopted Eben- 
ezer Hopkins, a son of her sister Sarah, who came to this 
country, was educated by, and resided with, his aunt at New 
Haddonfield, and who, in 1737, married Sarah, a daughter of 
James Lord, of Woodbury creek, and died intestate in 1757.^*^ 

In 1752, his aunt conveyed to him a tra6l of land fronting 
on Cooper's creek, in Haddon township, generally known 
as the ''Ann Burr farm," which adjoined other lands owned 
by him at that date, and derived from the same source." On 
this estate he probably resided, and, in addition to his agri- 
cultural pursuits, turned his attention to the surveying, the 
laying out and the conveying of land. 



26 Lib. No. 9, 38. 

27 Lib. S, No. 6, 124, O. S. G. 



ELIZABETH EST A UGH. 123 

His wife survived him, and the following named children : 
John E., who married Sarah, a daughter of William Mickle; 
Haddon, who married Hannah, a daughter of Joshua Stokes ; 
Ebenezer, who married Ann, a daughter of William Albertson; 
Elizabeth E., who married John Mickle; Sarah, who married 
Caleb Cresson; Mary, who married Joshua Cresson, and Ann, 
who married Marmaduke Burr. From these came the Hopkins 
family that is now spread through many parts of the United 
States ; one branch of which still remains in the neighborhood 
of the first settlement, owning, however, but little of the 
original estate. 

After the death of her husband, Sarah Hopkins removed to 
Haddonfield, and occupied a house and lot, purchased in 
1752 by Elizabeth Estaugh of the estate of Samuel Mickle, 
deceased.^* The house stood on the westerly side of the Main 
street, on the site of the present residence of Sarah Hopkins, 
the widow of a lineal descendant of Ebenezer and Sarah. It 
was removed some years since, and now stands on the north 
side of Ellis street, owned and occupied by Mary Allen. It 
is a small, hipped-roofed building, and, although somewhat 
altered, yet retains much of its antiquated appearance. 

No other building is now left that can be associated with 
Elizabeth Estaugh. Here, doubtless, she made daily visits to 
the widow and her children, looking closely after the comfort 
of the one, and the moral training and education of the others. 
It is evident that she took much interest in them, since in these 
orphans she saw the perpetuity of her large landed estate in her 
own blood, and the tone of her will indicates a long settled 
intention in this regard. 

In this house resided her only collateral descendants, and 
those who were to her the continuation of her family in 
America. 

There was perhaps no a6l of Elizabeth Estaugh during her 
life, that showed more of her business qualifications than her 
last will and testament, which bears date November 30th, \'](i\?'^ 
In this is exhibited a thorough knowledge of her estate, both 



28 Lib. Q, 480. 

29 Lib No. II, 113 



124 FIJiST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

real and personal ; and in her disposition thereof is manifested 
consummate judgment and sound discretion. She provided for 
her nearest relatives, but did not forget the humblest of her 
servants. 

Her real estate was principally given to the children of her 
deceased nephew, Ebenezer Hopkins, while some portion of 
her personal property she gave to others of her connections. 
In disposing of some of her personal estate to the single daugh- 
ters of her nephew, she provided that they should marry in 
accordance with the order of Friends, or the legacy should 
follow another diredlion, a contingency that might press hard 
upon some of these young girls, yet it showed the bent of her 
mind, and the strength of her prejudices in favor of her relig- 
ious belief. 

This remarkable woman died March 30th, 1762, in the eigh- 
tieth year of her age.^" It is unfortunate that she did not, near 
the close of her life, prepare or dicJrtate her autobiography, so 
that the incidents of her eventful career could have been pre- 
served, as she would not then have left the most interesting and 
romantic parts of her life to vague and uncertain tradition. 

Of men's chara6lers much can be gathered from their partici- 
pation in public affairs, from their condu6l in the purchase and 
sale of real estate, from the more general knowledge of them 
in the community, and, finally, in the disposition of their 
property by will ; but of femalei', whose sphere of a6tion is 
more limited, whose duties are quite as important yet less 
conspicuous, and whose influence may be observed in all classes 
of a community, but not always acknowledged by the stronger 
sex, the chances of securing a faithful history are at best uncer- 
tain and perhaps erroneous. This may be said of the subje6l 
of this sketch, who, although forced to assume responsibilities 
that many men would shrink from, still always exhibited the 
characteristics of the true woman. The estimation in which 
she was held, appears in the notice taken of her death by the 
meeting of which she Avas a member; in which her valuable 
services are acknowledged, and by which it is shown that she 
was adorned with every Christian virtue. Her remains were 



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ELIZABETH EST A UGH. 125 

interred in the yard at Haddonfield, but nothing marks the 
spot of her burial. 

Who, at this day, would not be gratified if some monument, 
however rough the stone or rude the letters, had been erefted 
to show where were laid the remains of Elizabeth Estaugh, 
whose life was spent in contributing to the good of those 
around her, and whose labor in well-doing is felt and appre- 
ciated unto the present day. 

" Is it not a noble thing to die 
As dies the Christian with his armor on ! — 
What is the hero's clarion, though its blast 
Ring with the mastery ot a world, to this?" 



JOHN GILL. 



JOHN GILL came to New Jersey under the patronage and 
guardianship of Elizabeth Estaugh. The blood relationship 
that existed between these two persons may be inferred from 
expressions that occur in the various papers of Elizabeth 
Estaugh, in reference to John Gill, and in her will, particularly, 
she names him as '■'■her kinsman.'''' His parents resided jn or 
near London, and his mother was probably a sister of John 
Haddon, father of Elizabeth. 

Some of the name lived in Cumberland, others in Cornwall, 
Devonshire and Huntingdonshire ; being Friends they were 
subje6led to lines and imprisonments, for refusing to pay tithes, 
or attend the national church, and to do other things required 
under the laws then in existence. 

Henry Gill lived at Godalming, in the county of Surrey, 
London, in 1670, and was fined on two occasions for not 
attending church at Guilford. This was in the same part of 
that city in which John Haddon resided, and this Henry Gill 
was probably the father of John. 

This, however, is but conje6lure, and, until a faithful search 
be made among the records of the meetings in that part of 
London, may so remain. The instances are but few in which 
the genealogies of families in America can be properly con- 
ne6led with those in England, a defe6l always to be regretted. 

John Gill was a young man of considerable education, which 
was the exception at that day ; he certainly had the confidence 



128 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and good opinion of his uncle and cousin, this good opinion 
being assured by the gift of a tra6l of land made to him by John 
Haddon, which gift was bestowed, in all probability in order 
that he might participate in the political affairs of the colony, 
then in much confusion. 

The time of his coming over is in doubt, and that of his age 
at such coming; yet enough may be seen upon the records to 
prove that he must have followed his cousin very closely. 

In 1709, he was appointed administrator of the estate of 
William Higgs, deceased, of Newton township, — conclusive 
evidence that he had arrived before that date, and also had 
attained his majority. So far as noticed, this is the first recor,d 
of his name, and has much to do with settling the question 
here mooted.^ 

In connection with John Estaugh, the management of John 
Haddon's estate here was controlled by him, and, no doubt, 
many of the locations returned to John Haddon were seleifled 
through his advice and observation. 

John and Elizabeth Estaugh, and Benjamin and Sarah Hop- 
kins conveyed all their landed estate to him in 1726, that 
which was in New Jersey being large and valuable. It was 
done to defeat the joint tenancy created under their father's 
will, and to place each share within the absolute control of its 
owner. '^'^ After the decease of John Estaugh, he became the 
attorney and adviser of his widow, and managed her large 
estate in a proper and acceptable manner. It is needless to 
follow this line to prove the confidence that existed between 
Elizabeth Estaugh and John Gill, for, during his life, she took 
no step in the disposition of her estate, without some a6l of his 
appearing in connedtion therewith. 

As to his position as a church member, he may also be 
judged by the intimacy between his cousin and himself; for 
it can be accepted as a truth, that Elizabeth measured every 
one according to the religious tenets to which she so rigidly 
adhered, and which were laid down by the great prototype and 
leader in her belief, George Fox. 



1 Gloucester Files, 1718. 

2 Lib. D, 413, 415. 

3 Lib. D, 419. 



JOHN GILL. 129 

In 1723, commences the record of the proceedings of the 
town meetings of Newton, in a book which Thomas Sharp 
says that he was ordered to purchase, and for which he paid 
nine shilKngs. The first entry is this: 

"At a town meeting held at Newton for the township, the 
twelfth day of the first month called March, 1723, in order 
to choose officers for the ensuing year, Joseph Cooper and 
John Gill were continued Overseers of the Poor, and having 
made up their accounts there is found to remain in bank for ye 
service the sum of six pounds fourteen shillings and ten pence." 

The overseers of the poor appear to have had charge of all 
the moneys of the township at that time, paying out the same 
and rendering a yearly account of such disbursements. This 
was continued for several years, which made the office one of 
the most responsible and important in the township. But John 
Gill withdrew from that position after the next year, the reason 
for which appears in a minute made in the book. The discharge 
of this duty he, no doubt, considered outside of his office, and 
that the best way to avoid a repetition thereof was to resign. 
The entry, as made, is as follows : 

"At said meeting it was agreed yt Jonathan Bolton give 
some hay and corn to Ann Morris's horse, in order to make 
him capable to carry her to ye place from whence she came, 
and that she stay but until the seventeenth day of this instant ; 
and after that the overseers of the poor force her away if she 
refuse to go ; and that what charge is expended in ye perfedting 
of it shall be allowed by this meeting." 

What became of Ann Morris or her horse, does not appear 
from the record ■. but, it being a new feature in the duties of 
the overseers of the poor, neither Joseph Cooper or John Gill 
accepted the position for several years after that time. 

When John Gill died, in 1749,* his son John was old enough 
to take his place in the several positions which he, the father, 
had been called to fill, and, more particularly, in the manage- 
ment of the estate of Elizabeth Estaugh, which was constantly 



4 Lib. No. 6, 231. 

9 



130 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

increasing, and which required his personal attention and good 
judgment; and, although Ebenezer Hopkins, her nephew, had 
married in 1737 and settled near her residence, yet John Gill, 
the son, appears to have had the same oversight of her estate 
that his father had during his life time. 

He was a much more a6live business man than his father; 
this appears by his location, purchase and sale of lands in 
various sections of the country, by his participation in political 
affairs, and by the discharge of many duties involving the con- 
fidence of his neighbors and the public. He was one of the 
persons sele6led by Elizabeth Estaugh as executors of her will, 
which trust, thus bestowed, evidenced her regard for his capa- 
bility and honesty. 

The first grant of land made by John Haddon to John Gill 
was in 17 14; it was for two hundred and sixty acres of the 
survey which he had purchased of Thomas Willis, a son of 
John, in 1698.^ This land was situated in Waterford township, 
now Delaware, on both sides of the Haddonfield and Berlin 
road, and near the head of what was formerly known as Swett's 
mill pond, now owned by Joseph C. Stafford, and others. 
The conveyance says that the land was then in the occupation 
of John Gill, the inference of which is that he resided thereon; 
if so, he lived in a small, hipped-roof frame house, which 
stood on the north side of the stream that falls into the mill 
pond — a house many years since torn down. It was surrounded 
by locust trees, some of which yet stand and mark the spot 
where his dwelling was situated. Although this place was in 
the midst of a forest, yet he was not entirely without neighbors. 
William Bates had settled on Tindall's run, about one mile 
west, where he was living with his Indian wife. George and 
Timothy Matlack, who purchased land the same year, had their 
plantations about two miles south ; and Joseph Cooper had 
cleared some of the land given to him by his father, and had 
built a house on the opposite side of the stream, not far from 
the residence of John Gill. This was before his marriage, but 
the comforts of his bachelor home were, no doubt, looked after 
bv some elderly female unknown to the present generation. 

5 Lib. A, 13, 



JOHN GILL. 131 

Previously to the year 1739, this tra6l of land passed into 
the possession of Bartholomew Horner, who, with his wife 
Elizabeth, conveyed it to their son Jacob. Jacob died intes- 
tate, and it descended to his oldest son, Isaac. He conveyed 
to his two brothers, Nathan and Jacob, and the first conveyed 
his interest to the last in 1771. In Jacob's family it remained 
for many years, but it now has passed out of the name. 

The next residence of John Gill in Waterford township was 
near the north side of the south branch of Cooper's creek, 
where the King's highway crossed the same, and where the 
road leading to Edward Clemenz's landing turned to the 
westward from that thoroughfare. This property is now owned 
by James H. Billington. 

It was a public place at that time, the landing being the 
highest on the creek; and thither all the wood and lumber in 
the region round about, intended for the Philadelphia market, 
were taken to be transported in vessels. The remains of the 
old wharf may yet be seen near the forks of the creek j and 
this place in the days of our ancestors was the scene of much 
business adlivity, occasioned by the teams in bringing, and the 
boats in taking away the only articles of sale and exchange 
among the people at that time. After 1715, it was known as 
Axford's landing, and it still retains the name; but some of the 
oldest inhabitants must be found, before the inquirer can know 
where to look for that place. 

In a deed from William Lovejoy to Thomas Kendall, in 
1697, a tra6l of land was conveyed, situated at a place called 
Uxbridge, "lying on the south branch of Cooper's creek on 
the road leading from Salem to Burlington."" 

This tra6l of land was near where John Gill lived, and the 
name was probably given in expe6lation of a town springing 
up at that point, several years before there was any thought 
that Haddonfield, as a village, would have a name or an 
existence. The description in the deed is conclusive as to 
the locality, and, although affixed twenty-five years before the 
present name was attached to the village, yet it never obtained 
any notoriety, and seems to have no history except in the old 

6 Lib, B2, 645. 



132 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

conveyance above referred to. Although the name may more 
jparticularly apply to the land on the north side of the stream, 
yet, if a few houses had been built in 1697, and the improve- 
ments extended to the south side of the creek, the chances are 
that our forefathers would have adhered to the original title 
given at that period, and that the name of Haddonfield would 
never have been known, except as attached to the two residences 
of Elizabeth Estaugh. From this it may be inferred that 
William Lovejoy came from the town of Uxbridge, which is 
in Middlesex, England, about twenty miles* from London, and 
that he wished to keep the name of his native place in remem- 
brance, like many of his associates who came to New Jersey 
about the same time. 

In 1 7 18, Jolin Gill married Mary Heritage, a daughter of 
Joseph and granddaughter of Richard Heritage, — the first of 
that name in these parts." Richard was a carpenter, and came 
from Brayle's Inn, Warwickshire, England.' He purchased rights 
of Edward Byllynge, in 1684, and, upon his arrival here, made 
a location of land on the north side of the south branch of 
Penisaukin creek, in Burlington county, and called his new 
home "Hatten New Garden."* He purchased other rights, 
and made other locations in that region. None of the land, as 
originally held by him, has been owned by the family for many 
years; and none of the name reside in that section of the 
country at the present time. 

Richard Heritage died in 1702, without a will, and such parts 
of his land as he had not previously conveyed to his children, 
passed to his oldest son John, as his heir at law.' His children 
were John, who married Sarah Slocum in 1706; Joseph, who 
married Hannah Allen in 1697; Sarah, who married William 
Clark in 1687; and Mary. 

John died intestate in 17 16, leaving two daughters,^" — Mary, 
who married Hasker Newberry, and Naomi, who removed to 
Blanden county, North Carolina, and died a single woman. 
He lived on the homestead property after his father's death and 
until his own decease, but his descendants never occupied it. 



6 Lib. No. 8, 358. 9 Lib. AL, 456. 

7 Lib. G2, 6q. 10 Lib. No. 2, 82. 

8 Lib. Gi^ 141. 



JOHN GILL. 133 

Joseph's father conveyed considerable land to him, much of 
which he sold." It lay on both sides of the creek, and, at the 
present time, it is divided into several valuable farms. The part 
which he occupied, was in Burlington county, and was bounded 
by the creek. He died in the year 1756, leaving a will.^^ His 
children were Richard, who married Sarah Whitall and Sarah 
Tindall; Joseph, who married Ruth Haines; Benjamin, who 
married Kesiah Matlack; John, who married Sarah Hugg; 
Mary, who married John Gill and John Thorne; and Hannah, 
who married Roberts. 

John and Mary Gill had but two children, — John, who mar- 
ried Amy, a daughter of David Davis of Salem county, in 1741, 
and Hannah, who married Thomas Redman of Haddonfield in 
1737- John Gill died in 1749, and his widow married John 
Thorne in 1750. 

In 1728, John and Elizabeth Estaugh conveyed to John Gill 
two tra6ls of land, one in Haddonfield, and the other (_meadow) 
lying in Waterford (now Delaware) township.'^ The first 
named tra6l was bounded by the westerly side of the King's 
road, and extended from Cooper's creek nearly to the Metho- 
dist church and contained eighty-seven acres. Four years after, 
the same persons granted John Gill three other lots, the largest 
of which joined the last named on the southwest ; it is now 
divided by Grove street into nearly equal parts." The second 
of these is owned by Rennels Fowler and the devisees of 
John Clement, deceased, on the front ; but nearly all the original 
lines have been obliterated. The third lot passed into the pos- 
session of his daughter, and upon it the old Thomas Redman 
mansion formerly stood. 

These grants were "for love and affe6lion," which the grant- 
ors bore the grantee. Part of this estate still remains in the 
family, and is now owned by John Gill, whose lineage can be 
readily traced to the first of the name in this region. 

The first tra6l of land, as herein named, John Gill sold in a 
short time. He soon after came within the bounds of Newton 
township, where he made his permanent residence upon the 



II Lib. G3, 182. 13 Lib. E, 373. 

X2 Lib. No. 8, 358. 14 Lib. E, 375. 



134 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

estate conveyed to him for a nominal consideration by John and 
Elizabeth Estaugh, between whom and himself there existed the 
pleasantest social intimacy. 

This tra6l of land, or a large part thereof, was an open field, 
covered with wigwams and cabins of the natives. Prior to 
1720, John Gill had enclosed part of it, and had the land 
under cultivation ; for, in the description of the lot of land 
conveyed by John Haddon to Friends for the meeting-house 
lot, John Gill's fence is named as part of the boundary, which 
fence stood near where the turnpike road leaves the main street 
of Haddonfield.^^ On this field, and perhaps at John Gill's 
house, were held the ele6lions for members of the Assembly, 
annually. The.se ele6lions were condu6led in accordance to 
law, but they would appear strange to us of these latter days. 
By the a6t of 1682, the freeholders could meet at any place 
which they chose, and elecSl the members in any manner thought 
best at the time. The time, however, fixed by law, was the 
fourteenth day of the second month (being the 14th day of 
April) of each year. This law was changed, and the sheriff, 
or some other person appointed by the governor, was authorized 
to take the ballot box from place to place within the county, 
with two other persons sele6led by the candidates to a6l as 
officers of eledlion. The consent of the candidates to remove 
from the place last sele6led, was required, but the rule gener- 
ally required two days; at the end of that time, the polls were 
changed to some other desirable locality, within the county and 
convenient for the people. To accomplish an ele6lion there- 
fore, several days were consumed, as the territory of Gloucester 
was large, Atlantic and Camden counties then being within the 
bounds of the old bailiwick. 

Another curious feature of these ele6lioriS was the few votes 
then polled. In 1737, there was but nine hundred and thirty 
white male persons above the age of sixteen, within the limits 
of the county ; it may readily be seen how light the canvass 
was, and how few the inhabitants, even after some fifty years 
from the first settlement. The voting was done by voice, and 
not by ballot, as now ; the name of the voter and that of the 

15 Sharp's Book, 43, O. S. G. 



JOHN GILL. 135 

person voted for, were recorded and copied for any person 
willing to pay for the same ; publicity thus being given to the 
a<5l of each person, — a peculiarity that would not be allowed 
at this time. The penalties against bribery and corruption 
were severe; but it is supposable that chicanery and deception 
were winked at among the ele6lors, and that every kind of 
expedient was used by one party to defeat the other, each 
arguing, no doubt, that, unless their opponents were defeated, 
the country would be utterly ruined. 

George Fox, the founder of Quakerism, during his travels in 
America in 1672, in going from Maryland to New York, passed 
through West New Jersey, and was, on several occasions, enter- 
tained by the Indians. It is well known that the Indian trail, 
first traveled by the whites from Salem to Amboy, crossed 
Gloucester county near where Haddonfield now stands, and 
that the same trail was used for many years after the earliest 
settlements. Along that path George Fox and his associates 
must have traveled, and it is no stretch of fancy to say that 
they were entertained by the natives who lived at the "Great 
Fields," now the town aforesaid. In his journal he says: 

" We came one night to an Indian town and lay all night at 
the king's house, who was a very pretty man. Both he and 
his wife received us very lovingly, and his attendants (such as 
they were) were very respe6lfull to us. They laid mats for us 
to lie on ; but provisions were very short with them, having 
caught but little that day." 

Whether the king, whose fine appearance and noble bearing 
attradled the attention of this remarkable man, resided here or 
not, cannot be known at this late day. It is, however, a pleas- 
ant incident in the early history of the village to associate his 
movements in this conne6lion. 

In the year 1740, John Gill, as attorney for the heirs-at-law 
of Joseph Elkinton, deceased, went to England to recover an 
estate claimed by them, and at that time remaining unsettled. 
This property was situated in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, 
where suits at law were prosecuted for obtaining possession 
thereof; which, after several years of litigation, proved sue- 



136 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

cessful. The children of Joseph Elkinton, who was a son of 
George, the first comer to New Jersey of that name, were 
Mary, the wife of David Stratton, of Evesham, Burlington 
county, N. J. ; Ann, the wife of Stephen Brooks, of the same 
place ; Elizabeth, wife of John Lippincott, also of the same 
place ; Frances and Amy Elkinton. Numerous affidavits were 
taken here and appear on record, showing whence and when 
George Elkinton emigrated to New Jersey, whom he married, 
and many other particulars necessary to conne6l the claimants 
here with the family remaining in England.^® The matter was 
fiercely contested in the courts, consuming much time and 
money before its conclusion. The account book of John Gill 
relating to this transadlion, is still preserved in the family, 
showing the care and precision observed by him in rendering 
a statement of his proceedings in the premises. 

During his absence, his wife Mary and son John, a6ting by 
letters of attorney, sold a lot of land in Haddonfield to Timothy 
Matlack (1744), and had general oversight of his affairs here- 
about. While living there (1746), he purchased a trail of 
land of John Cox, also a resident of London, lying on the 
south side of the south branch of Cooper's creek about two 
miles from Haddonfield. The next year after the purchase, he 
deeded this survey to his son John, a part of which has remained 
in the family and name to the present day. The old Salem 
road passed through this trad, and the second John sold most 
of that which lay west of the same. Like many other such 
pieces of land, the old lines, owing to the division, sale and 
exchange of property, have become entirely unknown to this 
generation. 

The account book before mentioned shows that John Gill, 
while residing in London, frequently paid his brother William 
for "diet and lodging," proving that there were others of the 
name and family in that city. He never returned to the land 
of his adoption, but died in London. 

The children of John and Amy Gill were Mary, who married 
Jacob Roberts; Sarah, who married Job Whitall; Amy, who 
married Joab Wills ; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Burrough ; 

16 Lib. AAA, 229. 



JOHN GILL. 137 

John, who married Anna Smith ; and Mercy, who married 
Samuel Abbott. 

Amy deceased, and, in 1767, he married Abigail HiUman, 
widow of Daniel and daughter of Samuel Nicholson. She 
died without issue, and, in 1781, he married Sarah Pritchett, 
widow of Josiah and daughter of John Cowperthwaite. There 
was no issue by the last marriage. John died in 1794. A 
noticeable feature in the genealogy of this family is that, for 
several generations, there has been but one son, to whom has 
always been given the christian name of the first comer, which 
has limited the surname of the branch of the family hereabout 
to but few persons. 

Thomas Redman, who married Hannah, should be noticed 
in this connexion. He was a son of Thomas, one of the first 
settlers in the city of Philadelphia, and one of the leading 
mechanics at that time. In 171 2, he was a member of the 
city council, and participated much in the affairs of the colony 
during William Penn's residence there. 

The son was apprenticed to a druggist, and, upon attaining 
his majority, removed to Haddonfield, and continued the same 
business. He was held in great respect among Friends, and 
traveled much as a minister in that religious denomination. 
Hannah, his wife, died, leaving three children, — Mary, who 
married Mark Miller; Thomas, who married Mercy Davis in 
1747, of Salem county; and John, who married Sarah Branson. 

He married Mary , a second wife, and died in 1766, 

leaving a will, in which he disposed of a large amount of real 
and personal property;'' the appraisement alone amounting to 
more than five thousand pounds, sterling. There was no issue 
by the last marriage. 

The third Thomas Redman was also educated as a druggist, 
and continued the same calling, but was more of a public man, 
politically speaking, than his father. He was a careful business 
man, and, as a conveyancer, had the confidence of the entire 
community. Although he adhered to the detailed and elab- 
orate forms of English titles, yet plainness of penmanship and 
clearness of intention chara6lerized all his legal papers. His 

17 Lib. No. 12, 363. 



138 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

corre6lness in copying was proverbial, and Chief Justice Kirk- 
patrick of this State, on one occasion, paid him the compli- 
ment of not comparing documents prepared by him, saying 
that "papers from the hands of Thomas Redman needed no 
such scrutiny. ' ' 

He was a valuable man in the society of Friends, and did 
much to sustain the church in this region of country. Many 
anecdotes are related of him, showing that he was an upright 
business man, plain of speech, consistent in his profession, 
faithful in his trusts, and scrupulous in all his dealings. 

Among the several positions of public trust which John Gill 
was called upon to fill, was that of commissioner of loans, he 
being one of the three appointed for Gloucester county. The 
obje6l of the law, and the duty of the commissioners, appear 
to have been to loan bills of credit issued by the State, to such 
persons as could give satisfactory security for the repayment 
of the same ; and this security had to be in the shape of mort- 
gages on real estate, of the value of which the commissioners 
were to be satisfied by personal view. 

These commissioners were constituted bodies politic and 
corporate, in succession, in fadl, and in law, to sue and be 
sued, and with various other powers in the a(5l named. No 
greater sum than four hundred pounds, nor any less than fifteen 
pounds, could be loaned to one person for the space of twenty 
years, at five per cent, per annum. This system of supplying 
the country with money was in operation for several years, but 
at last fell into disuse, and the law finally repealed. While 
John Gill was thus a6ling as commissioner, and had charge 
of the securities during the revolutionary war, his house was 
pillaged by a party of British soldiers, and, among other things, 
these were carried off and not recovered. By an a6l of the 
Legislature of New Jersey, in 1779, he was idemnified from 
any loss concerning the same. 

Although many of this name may be found in New Jersey, 
yet they do not appear to have originated with the family 
herein mentioned. 



ARCHIBALD MICKLE. 



THIS man was an Irish Quaker. The records of Friends 
in Philadelphia indicate that he came from Lisbrun, a 
town in the southern part of the county of Antrim, Ireland, 
and that he arrived at that city on the second day of the sixth 
month, A. D. 1682. 

He probably was among the adventurers that followed Wil- 
liam Penn to his new colony, bringing with him considerable 
estate and a full supply of implements to continue the business 
of a cooper, in which calling he had served as an apprentice 
in the land of his nativity. This^was worth much to him 
among the settlers, who generally arrived with but little house- 
keeping material, and had to be supplied with their wooden 
ware of home manufa6lure, when a new establishment was to 
be set up. Coopers were also in demand along the sea coast, 
as whale fishing occupied much of the time of the people, and 
barrels were necessary to carry away the oil. This Avas the 
most lucrative business among them, and more capital was 
invested in it than in any other branch. In a letter from the 
West New Jersey Society to Jeremiah Basse, their agent, then 
residing at Cape May, dated December 24th, 1692, he is 
dire6led to secure the services of a French cooper at Plymouth, 
skilled in making casks. The letter further says: "In the 
season let him make a little wine and brandy, and send us 
the wine in casks and the brandy in bottles."^ Much is also 

I Lib. B2, 423. 



I40 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

said about barrels for the fishing season, and the quantity- 
required would certainly employ several persons, and among 
them it is possible that Archibald Mickle was one. 

The next notice made of him was in 1686, when he married 
Sarah Watts, at the same meeting at which his certificate of 
membership and the date of his coming had been recorded. 

Four years after that time, he purchased a tra6l of land of 
Robert Turner in Newton township, Gloucester county, con- 
taining two hundred and fifty acres. ^ This survey was situated 
near the head of the south branch of Newton creek, adjoining 
lands located by Francis Collins. This tra6l afterward became 
the property of Joseph Lowe, who occupied the same. 

At the date of this purchase, Archibald Mickle was still a 
resident of Philadelphia, but he soon after came to Newton 
township and settled, and there remained until his decease 
in 1706. In 1697, he made another purchase from the same 
man, of five hundred and ten acres, which survey fronted on 
the river Delaware and extended eastward towards Cooper's 
creek.* This deed excepted several meadow lots, and is valu- 
able as showing the antecedent title of the grantor. 

He did not make the first improvements there, for a man 
named Thomas Spearman lived in a house on the tra6l at the 
time of his purchase, which house stood near the river shore 
and near where the former residence of Isaac Mickle, deceased, 
is situated. 

He was the owner of considerable other real estate in the 
neighborhood, and the inference is, therefore, that he was a 
man of more means than most of his neighbors, and, excepting 
William Cooper, of any other in the township. In the political 
affairs of the colony, his name does not appear, but the fa6t of 
his being a Quaker and a stri6l adherent to his se6l, may be 
drawn from that clause of his Avill which diredled that any one 
of his children marrying without consent of Friends was to 
only have one-half of his or her share of his estate. This 
is certainly a significant expression, and places his religious 
proclivities beyond a doubt. 



2 Basse's Book, 119. 

3 Lib G3, 133. 



ARCHIBALD MICKLE. 141 

His will was dated in 1 706 ; in which he gave his real estate 
to eight of his children.* His widow Sarah survived him, she 
being the mother of all his children. After the father's death, 
the estate was conveyed to the widow, and she, by her will 
(1718), gave the property to three of her sons, Archibald, 
James and Joseph,* who divided the same by quit claim in 
1727. 

Seven sons and three daughters were the representatives of 
this couple, as follows: John, who married Hannah Cooper 
(daughter of the second William), in 1704; Samuel, who 
married Elizabeth Cooper daughter of Joseph, in 1708; 
Daniel, who married Hannah Dennis, in 1711 ; Archibald, 
who married Mary Wright in 1719 ; Isaac, who married 
Sarah Burrough, daughter of Samuel ; Joseph, who mar- 
ried Elizabeth Eastlack in 1723; James, who married Sarah 
Eastlack in 1732; Sarah, who married Ezekiel Siddon; Mary, 
who married Arthur Powell ; and Rachel, who married Benja- 
min Cooper in 1718. 

John Mickle, the oldest son, was an a6live man in the politi- 
cal matters of the colony in his day, and also dealt much in 
real estate. By Thomas Sharp, as his deputy surveyor, he 
located several tra6ls of land in different parts of West Jersey. 
In 1733, he was appointed one of the judges of the several 
courts of Gloucester county, and filled other offices of public 
trust and responsibility. 

In 1703, "for natural love and affe6lion," his father conveyed 
to him a farm containing one hundred and fourteen acres, 
bounded on the south side by the south branch of Newton 
creek, and being within the town bounds of Gloucester.® On 
this farm he settled, and there remained during his life. He 
deceased in 1744, his wife and the following children surviv- 
ing him: William, who married Sarah Wright in 1732; John, 
who married Mary Stockdale, of Burlington county, in 1741,' 
and deceased in 1765: Samuel, who married Letitia Matlack in 
1742 (he having deceased in 1750, she married Thomas Hinch- 
man); and Hannah, who married John Ladd in 1732. 



4 Lib No. I, 149. 6 Lib. A, 184. 

5 Lib No. 2, 95. 7 Lib. No. 5, 63. 



142 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Samuel Mickle was one of the first settlers in the village of 
Haddonfield. He became the owner of a lot next adjoining 
the tavern property, lately belonging to John Roberts, deceased,, 
and there he ere6led a dwelling. Timothy Matlack, his wife's 
father, owned the Roberts's estate and another lot to the east, 
fronting on the street. Timothy was a shopkeeper, and was so 
taxed by the township. 

Of John Ladd, the father, and John Ladd, the son, much 
appears in the various records and traditions of their times, 
which proves them to have been conspicuous persons. They 
were prominent in the political and religious matters that sur- 
rounded them, and the subjedls of much hard talk, for which 
some of their defamers appear in no very enviable position. 

As early as 1690, Samuel Taylor puts himself on record, 
admitting that he had been uttering falsehoods about the elder 
John Ladd and Sarah his wife, but upon what particular subjedl 
these words originated, does not appear. He, however, made a 
clean breast, and admitted that all his assertions were slander, 
and, in the form common in those days, the retra6lion thereof 
has come down to the present generation. The entire record is 
copied here to show the manner of so doing, — a pradlice that 
has no existence now. It runs as follows: 

"This may certify all persons whom it may concern; that, 
whereas, I, Samuel Taylor, of Gloucester river, within the 
Province of West Jarsey, Sawyer, have of late publicly reported 
several false, scandalous, reproachful and detradling speeches, 
of and concerning John Ladd, of ye same place aforesaid. 
Yeoman, and Sarah his wife, which were of infamous import, 
and tending to prove ye said parties to be of unjust dealings 
and evil and dishonest lives and conversations ; therefore I, 
ye said Samuel Taylor, being moved to ye said report by my 
precipitate and unadvised passion and anger against ye parties 
above said, do hereby certify that I herewith repent of, and am 
unfeignedly sorrowful for my speaking, declaring and publishing 
any report of such evil tendency aforesaid, and do freely and 
voluntarily own and acknowledge that I have grossly abused, 
traduced and wronged ye said John Ladd and Sarah, his wife, 



ARCHIBALD MICKLE. 143 

by means of ye false, slanderous and defaming reports and 
speeches above said. 

"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto put my hand this 
24th day of June, Anno Domini, 1690. 

"Samuel Taylor. 

"Recorded by order of Court, this ye loth day of August, 

1690. 

"John Reading, Recorder."® 

The father was a pra6lical surveyor, and assisted in laying 
out the city of Philadelphia for William Penn. The compass 
and chain used by him in this work are now in the possession 
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at its rooms in 
Philadelphia; they are preserved as a valuable relic of those 
early times. In compensation for his services, the Patroon 
offered him thirty pounds, or a square of land, within the 
limits of his town, but John decided to take the money. 

William Penn, surprised at this, said: "Friend John, thou 
art Ladd by name, and a Ladd in comprehension. Dost thou 
not know this will become a great city?" 

In measuring the distances over the rough soil, and in mark- 
ing the lines of the streets upon the trees, John could not 
realize the assertions of Friend William, and concluded that 
his expe6lations had gotten the better of his judgment. 

While wading about the swamps of Dock creek, and fixing 
the interseftions of Market and Chestnut streets with those of 
Third and Fourth streets in that vicinity, our surveyor doubtless 
refle6ted much upon what had been suggested, and thought the 
whole scheme was a huge castle in the imagination of his 
employer. 

Time, however, as in all similar cases, has shown which of 
these entertained the better notions ; and, although the one was 
considered as hazardous in his ideas, yet the other a6led as a 
prudent man, and was influenced by the opinions of those 
around him. But few of the men that accompanied William 
Penn to America comprehended the extent and importance of 
his undertaking. This may account for many of the hindrances 

8 Lib. G2, 72. 



144 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

which he met with in carrying out his proposed plans. Not 
understood in his purposes, he soon became the obje6l of 
censure and abuse; but, as a Christian and a philanthropist, 
he has long since come to be appreciated. That he was actu- 
ated by the purest of motives and governed by the desire to 
promote the welfare of his people, at this day, is not questioned. 

After the lapse of another half century, John Ladd the son, 
appears to have been traduced by one of his neighbors in some 
of their political or religious controversies, and, not resting 
very comfortable under the same, he required of William Ives 
a legal admission that he had said s(3Tne ugly and untruthful 
things about him. This admission was spread upon the records 
over his own signature, done in open court, and witnessed by 
the judges thereof. 

"A Knight of the Post" implied that John had been con- 
vidled of some petty offence, and been punished at the whipping 
post, or set in the stocks, a means much in use at that time to 
vindicate the honor of the commonwealth and to preserve its 
dignity. 

The insinuation that he could not be trusted as a sworn 
witness, perhaps touched John's pride quite as much as the first 
charge, and led to the arrest of William Ives and his admission 
to the falsity of the whole. 

This means of the vindication of the charadler has passed 
out of use many years since, and to the present generation is 
unknown. Like the first, the entire record is copied that the 
reader may draw his own inference therefrom. 

William Ives's Acknowledgment, made in open Court 
AT Glo'ster. 
"Whereas, I, William Ives, of the township of Gloucester, in 
Gloucester, in the province of West Jersey, yeoman, in the 
presence of divers creditable persons, inhabitants of the said 
county, sometime since did falsely and without any cause or 
reason, speak and say that John Ladd, of the said county was 
a Knight of the Post, and that I did not know but I might 
sue one Henry Sparks, but that I could not trust to the said 
John Ladd's testimony, and I acknowledge likewise, that I 



ARCHIBALD MICKLE. 145 

spoke and said sundry false, scandalous words touching and 

concerning the reputation and character of him, the said 

John Ladd. 

"Now I do hereby acknowledge and publickly declare that I 
have wronged and injured the said John Ladd's chara6ler by 
the uttering and speaking the said false scandalous words and 
sayings, having not the least shadow, colour or foundation for 
the same; and I do hereby desire forgiveness of the said John 
Ladd, for the injury done. 

"Gloucester, ye 28 October, 1744. 

"William Ives. 

"Witnessed by Ja. Hinchman, one of ye Judges of the 
Court of Common Pleas at Gloucester, Wm. Harrison, Daniel 
Mestayer. 

"Recorded February 8th, 1744. 

"Charles Read, Sec.'"' 

Hannah Ladd survived her husband, and, being in possession 
of his papers, she discovered that one of the books left by 
Thomas Sharp was among them. It was one of his private 
records as surveyor and conveyancer, and was considered of 
such value that an a(5l of the Legislature was passed, that it 
might be made part of the public records of the Surveyor 
General's office, where it has remained since that time. 

Daniel Mickle deceased in 171 2, leaving a will. In that 
document he mentioned his wife and a child unborn.^" This 
posthumous child was a boy, and was named Daniel. His grand- 
mother, Sarah Mickle, provided for his maintenance and 
education ; and also anticipated the needs of the widow. 

Archibald Mickle died in 1735, without children; his widow 
survived him," and, in 1736, married Blackinston Ingledon of 
Philadelphia, to which place she removed with her second 
husband. 

James Mickle deceased the year following the death of Archi- 
bald, leaving his widow and two children, Rachel and Jacob. ^^ 

Ezekiel Siddon, the husband of Sarah, was a butcher, and 
resided upon a property which he had purchased of Jacob Cofifing 



9 Lib. GH, 41. II Lib. No. 4, 52. 

10 Lib, No. I, 406. 12 Lib. No. 4, 65. 

10 



146 FIUST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

in 1709. This fronted on the river in Newton township, and is 
now part of the Mickle estate. ^^ He was the owner of other 
real estate near his homestead. He died intestate, and but little 
is known of his family at this time. 

Arthur Powell, the husband of Mary, was a son of Arthur 
Powell, who first settled on Penapaca creek, in Philadelphia 
county, Pennsylvaiiia. 

He came thence from the town of Flushing, Long Island, in 

. the State of New York, where his name, that of his wife 

Margaret, and those of two sons are set down in the census list 

made in 1698. According. to that record he was of French ex- 

tra6lion. 

In 1692, he (the father) purchased of Thomas Chaunders, 
one hundred acres of land in West Jersey, at Mulberry Point, 
on the sea coast, near Great Egg Harbor." In the same year, he 
purchased a like number of acres of Robert Turner, at the same 
place, and thereon he probably settled. The value of the whale 
fisheries, which were so attractive to the new comers in that 
region, may have induced his removal from Pennsylvania. He 
had two sons, Arthur, a carpenter, and Richard, a shoemaker. 
He died intestate in 1718.^^ In 1716, Arthur (the son) purchased 
a farm of John Fisher, in Newton township, bounded by Cooper's 
creek, being part of the original estate of Robert Zane, the first 
settler, and there he, Arthur, made his home.^''' John Fisher 
purchased said land of Elnathan Zane, a son of Robert, in 1703, 
who became owner thereof, by the will of his father, and sold 
the same when he attained his majority. Arthur and Mary 
Powell had but three children (two of them daughters ) : James ; 

Rachel, who married Lewis ; and , who married 

Kent. In 1 730, he purchased a large tra6l of land on 

Timber creek, of John Brown, and also became the owner of 
other real estate.'' He died in 1749.'* In Newton township 
the family was never very large, yet in other parts of bid Glou- 
cester coimty the name often occurs. 

Rachel, who married Benjamin Cooper, died in a short time 
without children. Benjamin subsequently married Elizabeth 



13 Lib. A, 144. 16 Lib. A, loo. 

14 Lib. G2, 133, 134. 17 Lib, G2, 26. ■ 

15 Lib. A, 178. 18 Gloucester Files, 1749. 



ARCHIBALD MICKLE. 147 

Burcham, widow of Jacob, and daughter of Samuel Cole. The 
issue of this marriage was numerous, and as follows : Joseph, 
who married Elizabeth Haines ; James, who married Sarah Ervin 
and Hannah Saunders ; Samuel, who married Prudence Brown ; 
Benjamin, who married Elizabeth Hopewell ; William, who 
married Ann Folwell ; Isaac ; and Elizabeth, who married 
George Budd. 

Benjamin Cooper was a son of Joseph, and a grandson of the 
first William ; which William conveyed to the first Joseph, two 
hundred and twelve acres of land in 1709, who also conveyed 
the same to his son Benjamin in 1728.^^ This included the ferry 
at Cooper's Point, which Benjamin conveyed to his son Samuel, 
with about thirty-eight acres of land adjoining, in 1769.^" 

Of the division of Archibald Mickle's original purchase, as 
made between Archibald, James and Joseph in 1727, Joseph's 
portion passed into the Kaighn family; and Isaac Mickle, 
senior, in later years, became the owner of Archibald's share 
and James's also, and conveyed them to his nephew, Isaac 
Mickle, junior, in 1780. 

The land between the south line of the original Mickle 
estate and Newton creek was located by Robert Turner (in 
1687), 2.nd by Richard Arnold (in 1702). Richard Arnold 
purchased of Robert Turner, and conveyed the two tra61;s 
of four hundred and twenty acres to Martin Jarvis in 1700.^^ 
In 1702, Martin Jarvis sold two hundred and eight acres from 
off the eastern part of the tra6l to John Wright, and four years 
after conveyed the remainder to Jacob Cofhng. After various 
conveyances, too numerous to name in this connexion, the 
larger part of the Turner and Arnold surveys became, in 1 790, 
the estate of Isaac Mickle, junior, who re-surveyed the same 
in that year.^^ 

In tracing the genealogy of this family, the want of heirs in 
the male line is constantly occurring, which frequently leads 
to doubt, and occasionally to error. Like the Coopers, they 
remained upon the original estate, and held tenaciously to the 
acres of which Archibald first became the owner ; in some 



19 Lib, AE, 205. 21 Basse's Book, 26. 

20 Lib. AE, 213. 22 Lib. U, 443, O. S. G. 



148 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

generations increasing the family name, and, in others, finding 
it reduced to but few persons; until, within the last decade, 
it has passed entirely away. No portion of the land at this 
time remains in the blood of the Mickles; and already the 
old estate is in the hands of strangers, traversed by avenues, 
and divided into town lots. Another decade may see the 
fishing grounds covered with piers and docks, the busy mart of 
commerce, and without a vestige of its present rural beauty. 

Isaac Mi:kle, deceased, author of the "Reminiscences of 
Old Gloucester," was a descendant in the paternal line of this 
family. That he was a zealous and reliable antiquarian, no better 
evidence can be adduced than the book just named. In this 
work, his industry and good judgment are manifest; he has 
condensed and arranged many fa6ts touching the early history 
of West New Jersey, not before noticed. Accepted as reliable 
on all subje6ls there treated, no library intended to illustrate 
the history of our State, is complete without it, and, as the 
desire to become better acquainted with this subjedl increases, 
so will this book become more aiDpreciated. With all such as 
are seeking knowledge in this dire6lion, the name of Isaac 
Mickle will be held in grateful remembrance. 



JOHN KAIGHN. 



IN the year 1694, John Kaighn was a resident of Byberry, in 
Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter, and the 
husband of Ann, the widow of Walter Forrest and daughter of 
William Albertson.^ Walter Forrest came to Burlington in 1678, 
and very soon purchased a large tra6l of land in Salem county, 
bounded by Salem creek; in conne6lion with his brothers, he 
ere6led a mill thereon, the first in that se6lion of the State. ^ 
Before his decease, however, he had removed to Byberry. This 
occurred in 1692. By his will he gave considerable property to 
his widow's brothers, situated in Salem, which they in a few 
years disposed of.^ There was no issue by this marriage. Ann, 
the widow, so remained for two years, when she married John 
Kaighn. By this marriage there was one child, a daughter, who 
bore the mother's name. 

The daughter was born June 24th, 1694, and the mother died 
July 6th, of the same year. The daughter, who died single in 
1 715, gave by her will her property to her two half-brothers 
by the father's second marriage.* 

In 1696, John Kaighn married Sarah, the widow of Andrew 
Griscom and sister of John Dole, then a resident of Newton 
township. 

The blood of the Albertsons, therefore, was not connected with 
this family any longer than till the death of Ann, the daughter 



1 Lib. No. 6, 32, Salem Records. 3 Salem Wills, A, 69. 

2 Lib. B, 16, Salem Records. 4 Lib. No. 2, 162. 



I50 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of Ann and John in 1715, leading those who Avish to follow the 
maternal line in another dire6lion. 

As a carpenter, John found abundant business, for every ship 
that arrived was crowded with emigrants, whose first purpose, 
after landing and sele6ling sites, was the ere6lion of dwellings. 
These, in most instances, were rude and unpretending, yet the 
services of a mechanic were necessary in some parts ; hence the 
constant employment of the carpenters of that early period in 
providing shelter for the new comers. 

The nativity of John Kaighn is easily traced through a letter 
in possession of the New Jersey branch of the family, dated 
August 26th, 1702, endorsed "To Mr. John Kaighn — Linener, 
in West New Jersey, nigh on Delaware river side, opposit to 
Philadelphia city, in America." It was from his mother, Jane 
Kaighen. It was written from her residence, at that time, in 
Kirk Andrew, a town in the north of the Isle of Man, where 
she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Daniel Lane. 

She informs her son that his father died the November previous 
to her writing ; that his sister Ellen, born after he left the Isle, 
was married and settled in the parish of St. German, on the 
west coast of the island ; that, for a short time after the decease 
of her husbaiid, she had lived with her son Charles, at Balla- 
cragga, on the south-east coast, but, not being happy there, had 
removed to Kirk Andrew. On the same sheet of paper, John 
Kaighn has left an unfinished letter, without date, in reply to 
his mother, generally of a religious character. 

In this she is told that he had "lost two good and loveing 
wives, in a few years time — and left alone with young babes;" 
that these were two boys and one girl, "the youngest yet at 
nurse." 

Sarah Dole came with her father's family from Wales, but 
from what part cannot be traced. 

The first purchase of real estate by John Kaighn in Newton 
township, was on the fourteenth day of ninth month, 1696, 
when Robert Turner conveyed to him four hundred and fifty- 
five acres of land, fronting on the Delaware river and extending 
from Line street to Little Newton creek. ^ 

1; Lib G3, 127. 



JOHN KAIGHN. 151 

Like many of the old English deeds, this discloses the whole 
of the original title as vested in the grantor, at once valuable 
and interesting to such as care to push their inquiries thus far. 

In 1699, John Dole purchased two hundred and twenty acres 
of this tra6l from John Kaighn, and settled thereon.® He was 
a shoemaker, and came from Long Island, N. Y. , where he 
had married Mary Jessup, of Jericho, in 1688. He died in 
1 715, and by his will gave this land to his two sons, John and 
Joseph." Joseph Dole married Hannah Somers, a sister of 
Richard, in 1714, and removed to Great Egg Harbor, where 
he died in 1727, leaving a will.* His children were Hannah, 
who married Daniel Ingersoll ; Sarah, who married John Scull ; 
Rebecca, who married Joshua Garwood ; Mary and Servia. 

John Dole also removed to Great Egg Harbor, and died in 
1748, without a will.® What family he left, if any, is not 
known. 

John Dole conveyed his undivided part of the tra6l of land 
in Newton township, devised to him by his father, to his 
brother Joseph, who conveyed part thereof to John Kaighn in 
1723,''^ and the remainder to Joseph Cooper in the same year." 

Andrew Griscom was the owner of a tra6l of land adjoining 
that of John Kaighn's and part of Samuel Norris's survey; but 
from whom purchased, and the exact locality of the land, are 
not known. 

Andrew Griscom, by his will in 1694, gave the same to his 
wife and two children, Tobias and Sarah, and, upon certain 
contingencies, to John Dole in fee. At the time of John 
Kaighn's death, he was the owner of this land, but in what 
manner does not appear.^-* 

Tobias Griscom, a son of Andrew, married Deborah Gabitas, 
at Burlington meeting, in 1711, and settled in Newton town- 
ship, where he remained until his decease. 

He dealt considerably in real estate, and made several loca- 
tions in his own name under "rights" which he purchased in 
1 716 and 1 71 7. In the last named year, he purchased of 



6 Lib. G3, 240. 10 Lib. D, 52. 

7 Lib. No. 2 of Wills, 08. 11 Lib. D, 436. 

8 Lib. No. 2 of Wills, 430. 12 Lib. A, 83. Lib. D, 52, 54. 

9 Lib. No. 6 of Wills, 331. Lib. C, 240. Lib. G3, 240. 



152 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Hugh Sharp, several tracts of land in Gloucester county, near 
the sea shore, valuable for the cedar swamps, some of which still 
retain the name of the former owner. ^* In 1721, and after his 
death, his widow as executrix of his will, re-conveyed the same 
properties to the original grantor. 

Tobias Griscom deceased in 1719," leaving his widow and 
the following children : William, who married Sarah Davis, 
and who was a saddler and lived in Haddonfield ; Tobias, who 
died a minor; Andrew, who married Susanna Hancock, and 
who was a blacksmith and settled at Tuckahoe; Mary, who 
married Tobias Halloway; and Samuel, a house and ship car- 
penter, who resided in Philadelphia. The latter assisted in the 
eredlion of Independence Hall, and lived for many years on 
Arch street between Third and Fourth in that city. 

John Kaighn had much to do with the settlement of the 
estate of Walter Forrest, the deceased husband of his first 
wife. A large part of the real property was purchased by 
him, among which was the mill called the "Brothers Forrest," 
and three hundred acres of land attached. This was conveyed 
to him in 1701., but he sold it the next year to Isaac Pearson.^* 
With this sale his interest ended in that se6lion of West Jersey, 
but he continued to increase the borders of his land in Newton 
township until he found himself one of the largest owners in 
this sedlion.^® On March 7th, 1708, he became one of the 
trustees of the Newton meeting with Benjamin Thackara, Wil- 
liam Cooper, William Albertson, Thomas Sharp, Joseph Cooper 
and John Kay. He is thus shown to have been an a6live 
member of the religious Society of Friends ; and his remains 
doubtless lie buried within the walls that now surround part 
of the first estate dedicated to such purposes in this region of 
country. In 171 2, Benjamin Thackara conveyed a small adjoin- 
ing piece of land to the same trustees for the same use. In 
1 771, it was discovered that all the trustees had died; and to 
continue the property in the right channel, Josiah Kay, the 
heir at law of John Kay, who was the last deceased, made 
a deed in the same year to John Gill, Joshua Stokes, Nathaniel 



13 Lib. A, 87, 208. 15 Lib. No, 6, 32, Salem Records 

14 Lib. No. 2, 132. 16 Lib. No. 7, 156. 



JOHN KAIGHN. 153 

Lippincott, James Cooper, John Brown, David Cooper, Joshua 
Lord, John E. Hopkins, John Evans, Isaac BalHnger, Samuel 
Webster and John Glover.^' 

In 1808 again, the trustees were dead, except Samuel Webster, 
who, in that year, made title to Joseph Glover, Joseph Burrough, 
Jr., John Albertson, Abel Nicholson, Josiah W^ebster, Joseph 
Kaighn, Joseph Sloan and Benjamin Cooper. 

From about the year 1797 to 181 1, much trouble existed 
between the trustees of the Newton Meeting house property 
and James and Joseph Sloan, in relation to the boundaries of 
the same. James and Joseph Sloan had become the owners of 
part of Thomas Thackara's estate, which adjoined the Friends' 
property, and claimed a portion of the land by them occupied, in 
fa6l, that portion on which the old meeting house stood. This 
particular lot, measuring sixty feet in width and forty-five feet in 
depth, with another lot adjoining, was conveyed by Joseph Sloan 
to James Sloan in 1810, and by him held until 1819, when he 
released his interest therein to Samuel Eastlack and others, who 
had charge of one part of the burial ground.^- In 181 1, Joseph 
Sloan abandoned his claim by his deed to the trustees of the 
Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, which extended to the old grave 
yard within the brick wall, and some adjoining lands. '* The 
removal of Friends from the neighborhood, and the ere6lion 
of other places of worship, gradually decreased the interest 
of the society in these premises; and the destru6lion of the 
old meeting house by fire on the night of December 2 2d, A. D. 
1817,^° was the end of any further assembling upon the spot 
made memorable by the many associations that surround it. 
The disputes before named, which at that time were considered 
a scandal to the church, may be the means of identifying where 
stood the old meeting house, where, at some future day, a suit- 
able monument will be placed in remembrance of its purposes, 
and to point out its locality. 

In 1699, Johi"* Kaighn was appointed by the Legislature, one 
of the judges of the several courts of Gloucester county, and 
was so continued for three years thereafter. Upon the first 



17 Lib. M, 172, Gloucester Co., Woodbury. 19 Lib. O, 597, Gloucester Co., Woodbury. 

18 Lib. W, 585, Gloucester Co., Woodbury. 20 Joseph Hinchman's Journal. 



154 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

entry of his name, the clerk of the joint meeting, spelled it 
"Caliaen," which doubtless surprised Friend John, when he 
came to look upon the record and found the orthography of 
his name so sadly tortured, yet, when pronounced, so near 
corredl.^^ 

The duties of the judges of the courts at that day had not 
been well defined, and the minutes of their proceedings contrast 
strangely enough with those of the present. In township affairs 
he, no doubt, took part ; but, as Friend Sharp was not author- 
ized to buy a book until 1723, which was near the time of his 
decease, no record of such transactions has come down to the 
present generation. 

In 1 710, he sat as a representative from Gloucester county in 
the Legislature, only a few years after the surrender of the 
government by the proprietors to Queen Anne, and in the 
midst of the most troublesome times of the people. 

John Kaighn's will was proved June 12th, 1724, in which 
he gave a house and lot in Philadelphia, to his wife Elizabeth, 
and, after a life interest in some other parts of his property, 
the remainder to his two sons, John and Joseph. ^^' 

These sons were by the second wife, and were born as fol- 
lows: John, December 30th, 1700, and Joseph, December 4th, 
1702, each taking the blood of the Doles, and basing the 
maternal origin in New Jersey upon the same line as that of the 
Griscom family. 

His third wife was Elizabeth Hill, of Burlington, at the 
meeting in which place they were married in 1710. By this 
marriage there was no children. 

The inventory of his personal estate amounted to two hun- 
dred and thirty-five pounds, sterling, showing him to have been 
one of the substantial men of his day. The next year after 
their father's death, Joseph conveyed to John all his interest 
in the real estate devised to them, consisting of much valuable 
property, with fisheries and meadows attached;-^ and, soon 
after, John re-conveyed the entire homestead property to Joseph, 
who so held the same until his death. 



21 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

22 Lib. No. 2, 267. 

23 Lib. C, 19. 



JOHN KAIGHN. 155 

In 1727, Joseph Kaighn married Mary Estaugh, of Phila- 
delphia, a daughter of James and niece of John Estaugh, of 
Haddonfield. This fa6l is proved by various expressions used 
by Elizabeth Estaugh, in her will, wherein she names the 
children of Mary Kaighn, and places them among her legatees. 

Joseph Kaighn was an a6live man in the affairs of the town- 
ship. He was initiated therein by his ele6lion as one of the 
surveyors of highways, in 1723. His associates were Jacob 
Medcalf, Samuel Shivers and Thomas Dennis. What the duties 
of these officers could have been, may always remain a mystery, 
as, at that date and for many years after, the roads were simply 
the widening of the Indian trails, without regard to the shortest 
distance or the best location ; yet these officers were annually 
ele6led, and, no doubt, had some important labors to perform. 
The year of his marriage, he was promoted to the position of 
overseer of the poor, then the most responsible office of the 
township. As such officer, he received and disbursed all the 
funds raised for public purposes, as appears by the annual 
report spread out on the pages of the township book. 

From the year 1736 until his death (excepting the year 1738), 
he was assessor, and also held other minor positions among the 
people. His will bears date May 7th, 1749, in which year he 
died,"'** having carefully described each tra6l devised to his chil- 
dren by metes and bounds, — a precaution too often negle6led 
when a large real estate is thus to be disposed of. 

The old brick house near the Kaighn' s Point ferry, was 
probably the residence of Joseph. It has lost its identity 
with the past, as the march of improvement has destroyed 
its proportions, and left but part of the original building. 

The box and yew trees, which were planted when the dwell- 
ing was being ere6led, are the only land marks to show where 
one of the ancestors of the family had his home. The centre 
building was two stories high, and ornamented by various 
colored bricks, with a wing on each side built of stone. The 
site was well chosen, since a good view was had of the river, 
and of William Penn's "brave town," which, for many years, 
did not reach as far south as Dock creek. 

24 Lib. No. 7, 05. 



156 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The farm and meadow land are now traversed by paved 
streets, and covered by the habitations of a thrifty population, 
separated only by such political divisions as are incident to all 
good governments, aiding in every respe6l the advancement of 
the people. 

Joseph Kaighn's wife survived him, and the following named 
children : Joseph, who married Prudence Butcher, widow of 

Butcher, and daughter of Rogers; John, a physician 

who died single, about forty years of age ; Isaac, who died in 
his minority ; James, who married Hannah Mason ; and Eliza- 
beth, who married Arthur Donaldson. 

In 1753, Mary, the widow of Joseph, married Robert Stevens, 
a resident of Newton township, who died in 1759; and before 
his last wife. By this marriage there was no issue. 

Robert Stevens's first wife was Ann Dent, whom he married 
in 1739. She was an English lady, and sister of Joseph 
Cooper's second wife. They came from Yorkshire, the last 
named being a minister among Friends, a testimony from 
Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, showing that she was accept- 
able as such. 

At the time of the death of Joseph Kaighn, all his children 
were minors. The real estate devised to the daughter, was 
to be hers, "if she married with her mother's consent," a 
restridlion mostly disregarded by parents as well as children. 
Joseph and Prudence Kaighn had four children, William, Mary, 
John and Joseph. The first three named died in their infancy, 
and Joseph married Sarah Mickle, in 1795, a daughter of 
Joseph. 

In 1732, John Kaighn married Abigail Hinchman, one of 
the children of John Hinchman, the first of that name who 
settled in Gloucester county. He deceased in 1749, leaving a 
will.^^ He was a blacksmith, and followed his business in 
Haddonfield for several years; but afterwards he removed to 
a farm on Newton creek, where he died and was buried in the 
old grave yard at the meeting house near his residence. The 
property in Haddonfield he gave to his daughter Sarah, subjedl 
to the use thereof by the mother during her life. His children 

25 Lib. No. 6, 230. 



JOHN KAIGHN. 157 

were Sarah, born 1733; Elizabeth, born 1736; Samuel, born 
1737, who married Mary Gerrard; John, born 1740, and Ann, 
born 1744. 

The widow Abigail afterwards married Samuel Harrison, 
and resided near Gloucester. The issue of this marriage was 
a daughter, Abigail, born 1751, who married Richard Edwards 
in 1768. They had ten children, all of whom died single, 
excepting Samuel, who married Martha Heulings, and Sarah, 
who married Joseph Collins. Abigail Harrison survived her 
last husband, and died in 1795, at Taunton iron works, Bur- 
lington county, where lived her son-in-law, Richard Edwards. 

Like his brother Joseph, John was somewhat of a township 
politician, for in 1725 he was ele6led freeholder, and, at dif- 
ferent times thereafter, held the same position. His name is 
found upon the town book almost every year from 1725 to the 
time of his decease. He a6led as clerk from 1732 to 1741, 
when he was succeeded by Samuel Mickle. 

This family name is oftener associated with others of like 
pronunciation and different spelling than any other in this 
se6f ion ; which has frequently led to trouble and difficulty. 
One family writes the name Cain, another Kain and another 
Kane, and they are in no wise related to each other. 

The descendants of John Kaighn, the subje6l of this sketch, 
never became numerous in this part of the State of New 
Jersey, but some of his descendants have adhered to portions 
of the original landed property to the present time. The 
increase in the city of Camden has covered the larger portion 
with substantial improvements; and another half-century will 
find the entire estate thus occupied. 



THE GRAYSBURYS. 



IN the year 1692, James, Joseph and Benjamin Graysbury, 
brothers and ship carpenters, came from the island of 
Bermuda, to Philadelphia.' It does not appear whether they 
were Friends, banished from England, or whether they were 
natives of the said island. The opportmiity for getting ship 
timber to carry on their business was certainly an attra6lion 
in these parts, and may have been the secret of their settle- 
ment here. They had their place of business in Philadelphia, 
and probably, Joseph and Benjamin there remained during 
their lives. The next year after their arrival, they joined in 
a purchase of five hundred acres of land, of Robert Turner, 
which land was situated in Newton township, and on the south 
side of the main branch of Newton creek. ^ 

At that time, Robert Turner was a merchant in the city of 
Philadelphia, but owned much land in New Jersey, and par- 
ticularly in the neighborhood of the above named tra6l. From 
a map made by Thomas Sharp, showing his lands lying on 
Newton and Cooper creeks, the amount appears to have exceeded 
two thousand five hundred acres within the township ; he there- 
fore was much the largest owner of real estate in this region. 
This map also indicates that Robert Philips, planter, had 
already settled thereon ; but where his habitation was, does 
not appear. After this man, James Graysbury made the first 



1 Lib. G2, 174. 

2 Lib. G3, 426. 



i6o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

improvement on this purchase; but where his cabin stood, is 
also in doubt. He probably cleared considerable land, looking 
somewhat to agriculture for the maintenance of his family. 
This man was the son of James, so far as the records can be 
digested ; yet the vague manner of expression used in many 
conveyances and wills, renders a proper understanding of them 
almost impossible. 

James (one of the brothers) died in 1700, leaving one son, 
James, his two other children being born after his decease. 
In anticipation of this, he made provision in his will that his 
share of said tra6l of land should belong "to his child or 
children yet to be born," and it proved that the issue was 
twins, named by the mother, Elizabeth and Annie. ^ In the 
progress of time the second daughter here named married 
Daniel Martin, a resident of Philadelphia. In 1722, the sisters 
conveyed the sard land to James, upon which he resided until 
his death. 

Benjamin (another brother) died, seized of his share of said 
five hundred acres, leaving two children, Margaret, and Mary, 
who married Richard Kelley, also a resident of Philadelphia. 
They conveyed their interest to James, their cousin, in 1720.* 

Joseph (the last brother) died intestate and without children. 
His undivded interest of said land descended to his nephew, 
James, he being the eldest son of James, who was the eldest 
brother of Joseph.^ 

The law regulating the descent of real estates in force at that 
time, deprived tlie children of Benjamin and the sisters of 
James, of all right in the property of their uncle Joseph, 
although standing in the same blood relationship as James. 
The rule of "the oldest male heir" is in this case clearly 
exemplified, and shows how unjust was the application of the 
law of primogeniture, — a law that has long since, in the State 
of New Jersey, given way to a more rational, just and equitable 
distribution of real estate. For many years the English code 
obtained, contrary to the progress and spirit of the age, and 
at variance with the liberality and intentions of our law makers. 



3 Sharp's Book, 03, O. S. G. 

4 Lib. D, 253. 

5 Lib. M, no, O. S. G. 



THE GRAYSBURYS. i6i 

The infringements on this were gradual, but always in favor 
of the female heirs, until every barrier was swept away, and the 
daughters of an intestate had the same rights of inheritance. 

Immediately upon obtaining the title to his property, James 
Graysbury proceeded to perfe6l the same and to establish the 
boundaries by a re-survey; which was accomplished in 1721.® 

It will be noticed, that, after the death of the three brothers, 
there was but one person to represent the family name ; thus 
became centered in James, the son of James, the genealogy of 
future generations, as well as the title to most of the original 
estate, as by them purchased of Robert Turner. 

The only severance from the first purchase was that of fifty 
acres sold to John Willis, a ship carpenter of Philadelphia, in 
1696; which land fronted on the creek. There John Willis 
eredled a house.'' This, however, after several conveyances, 
became the property of Caleb Atmore, and in his name it 
remained for many years. 

James Graysbury conveyed said estates to two of his sons 
(James and Joseph), and they immediately after conveyed the 
same to their brother Benjamin, who then resided on the 
premises. In 1783, Benjamin bought of Caleb Atmore the 
fifty acres that had been sold to John Willis in 1696, by his 
grandfather and great uncles, and became therefore owner of 
the original tradl. This now includes the farm lately Joseph 
FewSmith's, deceased, on the east, and that of Edward Bettle, 
on the west, and all the intermediate property, showing it to 
have been one of the best locations made in the township, 
whether soil or situation be regarded. 

On the farm first named is the old family graveyard, where 
rest the bones of the earliest generations of the Graysburys, 
and of some of their descendants. In the same neighborhood 
lived Simeon Breach, Joseph Low, Caleb Sprague, John Hinch- 
man, and others, who, in all probability, were also there interred, 
with many of their descendants. Nearly all were slave-holders, 
as appears by the wills of several; this part of their personal 
property found a final resting place in Hinchman's, now gener- 

6 Lib. M, no, O. S, G. 

7 Lib. A, 189. 



1 62 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

ally known as Hurley's graveyard. For many years the memory 
of the forefathers was held in respe6l, but the presence of 
strangers has left no trace of the immediate locality of the 
old Graysbury graveyard. 

" Perhaps in this negle<fled spot is laid 

Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. 
Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, 
Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre." 

It is unfortunate that the genealogy of the three brothers 
who originated the family in New Jersey, cannot be traced with 
more accuracy, the greatest difficulty being that the female 
branches so largely predominated, the name thus soon dis- 
appearing in subsequent marriages. The will of James Grays- 
bury was executed in 1760, but he lived for some years after 
that time. His wife, Mary, survived him \ also the following 
children : James ; Joseph ; * Mary, who married John Frank- 
lin ; Ann, who married Warner; and Benjamin. The 

number of Benjamin's marriages involves the maternal line of 
his progeny in much doubt. His first wife was Elizabeth, a 
daughter of Samuel Sharp, and granddaughter of Thomas 
Sharp (the first surveyor in Newton).^ His second was Lydia 
Matlack, daughter of John; next he married Letitia Shivers, 
and, after her death, he married Ann Morton. Ann survived 
him and married Jonathan Morgan. 

In 1783, it will be seen that Benjamin Graysbury was the 
owner of the original estate, and was the only one of the family 
that remained in the neighborhood. He probably built the 
house, part of which is still standing on the farm lately owned 
by Joseph FewSmith, deceased, now by William Bettle ; 
and there he resided during his life. He acquired much 
other real estate, and was classed among the wealthy men of 
his day. A shade of romance conne6led with the third wife 
of Benjamin may not prove uninteresting here. 

By the will of John Tomlinson, who died a single man, in 
1760, he devised to Letitia Shivers nearly all of his estate, — 
"out of regard to her. "^" These are significant words, when 

8 Lib. No. 12, 282. 

9 Lib. AR, 35Q. 

10 Lib. No. lo, 387. 



THE GRAYSBURYS. ' 163 

used in the connedlion in which they here stand, and the most 
rational conclusion must be that marriage was contemplated 
between them, but that death prevented its consummation. 
Fifteen years after that time she became the wife of one of 
the most respedlable citizens of Gloucester county, and, per- 
haps, the mother of some of his children. Doubtless many 
of the grandmothers of the last century could tell over the 
sad romance conne6led with this affair; having knowledge of 
the particulars, and always remembering it as one of the inci- 
dents of their younger days. 

Benjamin Graysbury died in 1747.'' His children were 
Benjamin ; James, who married Beulah Warrick ; Mary, who 
married Isaac Kay; and Abigail, who married John Branson. 
Whether these were the children of one mother or of more 
than one, does not appear, and may never be disclosed, unless 
some enthusiast indulge in a waste of time and labor never 
repaid and seldom appreciated. Although the collateral branches 
of the family have become extensive in West Jersey, yet the 
name has never been much known except in the neighborhood 
of the first settler. 

On the south side of Newton creek and near the end of 
Atmore's dam, not many years since, stood a small antiquated 
house, built partly of brick and partly of frame, one and a half 
stories high, with hipped roof, small windows and low, narrow 
doors. In early times this was kept as a tavern, and stood 
beside the public road leading from Philadelphia to the sea- 
shore. It was probably built by John Willis, the ship carpenter 
before noticed, as it was on the land which he purchased of the 
Graysburys. The dam being the easiest means of crossing the 
stream, all the travel passing between the points before named 
was centred here, making this "hostelry" a desirable stopping 
place, since here the greatest number of folks could be seen in 
a given time. It was enlarged until its ancient form was 
entirely lost to the later generations, who did not know it as 
a resting place for travelers. 

Being the head of navigation, all the trade carried on with 
Philadelphia by water in that neighborhood started from that 

n Lib. No. 38, 40. 



1 64 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

point, and, perchance, a packet left every day for the city to 
accommodate the people, being a much easier means of com- 
munication than travel over the circuitous and, no doubt, bad 
roads that led to the ferries. If the owners of the property 
were the keepers of the inn, then Joseph Kirlee succeeded 
John Willis, and John, the son of Joseph Kirlee, followed, 
who, in 1 718, sold to Thomas Atmore. About the year 1773, 
Thomas died, and his son Caleb took possession, and by this 
name it has been known among the people of later times. The 
situation being near the middle of the township, it was a 
suitable place for business meetings, and there the politicians 
of that day "most did congregate," to discuss the affairs of 
the colony. Here, for many years the few inhabitants ele6ted 
the various officers to carry on the machinery of their little 
municipality, and, here, personal rivalry and political prejudice 
cropped out, just as in these days of ambition and greed for 
office. Before the days of mails, this was the place where 
news from the city or county could be gathered, and whence 
correspondence could be forwarded to various parts of Glou- 
cester and Salem counties by the few travelers going to and 
from their several homes. The name of this inn has passed 
into oblivion. No doubt, some high sounding title from the 
mother country was emblazoned on the sign that hung before 
the door, and informed strangers that they approached the 
Bull and Mouth, the King and Cross, or some other names 
that, in these days, are not attached to such public resorts, 
but are regarded as antiquated and out of date. 

Inside, the low ceilings and ill arranged rooms told that 
ventilation and convenience were not regarded; yet the well 
sanded floor and the bright pewter dishes betrayed the good 
house-wife and thrifty matron. The bar-room opened by a 
double door, cut horizontally, and within might be seen the 
crib which screened the liquors and prote6ted the dealer. 

The immense open fire-place, arranged with a bench on 
each side, made sitting-room for guests by day, and beds for 
dogs at night, — to say nothing of the straight-backed slat- 
bottomed chairs that stood around the walls. The visitors 
were mostly rude, uneducated people, unused to the refine- 



THE GRAYSBURYS. 165 

ments of society, and contending with adversity in its many 
ugly shapes. The means of comfort, as now understood, were 
not at hand, and several decades passed away after the first 
adventurers arrived, before anything beyond the necessity of 
their conditions was attempted. 

At this old tavern might occasionally be seen a party of 
hunters, pledging their good opinion of each other in a bowl 
of whiskey-punch, or "stone-fence," and enjoying in their 
peculiar way the last of a successful chase. Wrestling, running 
and jumping were indulged in, when a few of the neighbors 
met; and every man that participated, was soon graded as to 
his ability in each. The fare was abundant, and such as 
epicures of the present day would revel in. It was dried 
venison, bear's meat, fresh fish, and wild fowl, with corn bread 
or hoe cake, well prepared, and made inviting by the tidy 
appearance of the surroundings. The liquors, also, though 
drawn from wooden casks, and drank from horn tumblers, 
imparted an invigorating, healthy effect; and, when evapo- 
rated by a good night's sleep, left no suspicious feelings after 
them. 

Of this ancient house, not one stone rests upon another, 
as it stood in the days of our forefathers ; and nothing but a 
slight depression in the ground shows its place. In the midst 
of a quiet, agricultural neighborhood, the visitor now cannot 
appreciate the busy scenes that formerly surrounded it. The 
creek, once a beautiful, living stream, from being dammed at 
the mouth, was, for many years, only a muddy ditch; and, 
where once spread the sails of the graceful water-craft, nothing 
remained save a miasmatic bog, affe6ling the health of the 
neighborhood, and the value of adjacent land as well. Of 
late years, -however, the tide is allowed to flow, and the many 
advantages incident thereto will follow in due time. 

The highway that took its tortuous course through the grand 
old forests, passing around the heads of streams, avoiding the 
hilly places, and extending for miles into the country without 
a habitation near it, — this road, that brought the few travelers 
past the doorj is scarcely known and is, in many places, entirely 
obliterated. 



1 66 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Wealth, enterprise, and the increase of population, have 
changed these routes into straight, well cared-for thorough- 
fares, while the Indian trails at this day cannot be remembered 
by the oldest inhabitant. When this tavern at Atmore's dam 
opened its doors to the public, or when ended the days of 
its usefulness, no record can be found ; but, like many other 
places of interest to the seeker after ancient things, enough 
has been gathered through tradition, that deserves a faithful 
search the more thoroughly to know its history. 

Around the broad, open fire of the bar-room, the legends, 
the arguments or the songs, will never be renewed ; nor, upon 
the green before the door, will the wrestlers ever again join 
hands. 

" Thither no more the peasant shall repair 
To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; 
No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale. 
No more the woodsman's ballad shall prevail : 
No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear. 
Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear ; 
The host himself no longer shall be found. 
Careful to see the mantling bliss go round ; 
Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest, 
Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest." 



JOHN KAY. 



AMONG the leading men of the times, the name of John 
Kay occurs as often as that of any other person. He 
was a son of Garvis Kay, and came to New Jersey about the 
year 1680. The history of this family in England is worthy 
of notice in this conne(5lion, and may not prove uninteresting 
to those of the name in this region of country, Lower, in 
his Di6lionary of Family Names, says: "The family of Kaye 
is of great antiquity in the county of York, being descended 
from Sir Kaye, an ancient Britton, and one of the Knights 
of the warlike table of that noble Prince Arthur, flower of 
chivalry ! The truth seems to be that, at Woodsome in York- 
shire, there resided in very early times a family of Kaye, the 
head of which, some centuries later, was created Baronet by 
Charles I. The patent expired in 1810, but was revived shortly 
afterwards in favor of the reputed son of the fifth Baronet." 

Some of the family may be found in Durham and Berkshire, 
but it is more numerous in Yorkshire than in any other county 
in England. Many of them were Friends, and consequently 
suffered persecution at the hands of those in authority, in the 
shape of fines and imprisonments. At the court of quarter 
sessions, held at Wakefield in Yorkshire, in 1661, John Kay, 
Baronet, was the presiding judge, and committed sixty Quakers 
to prison. Ten years after, John Kay was fined for attending 
meeting at York in the same shire. It is possible that the 
latter was the same person as the former; and that, while 



1 68 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

the committing magistrate, he became convinced of the truth 
of the do6lrines preached by George Fox, laid aside his titles, 
and suffered with the Friends in person and estate.' 

In 1675, Garvis Kay of Holmforth, in the Parish of Kirk- 
Burton, Yorkshire, was prosecuted for tithes, committed to 
prison for contempt, and there kept for two years. He was 
released for some flaw in the indi6lment, but again committed 
by proceedings against him in the ecclesiastical courts. 

Although it would be a venture to say that the two Kays 
here named were the same that came to New Jersey, yet the 
dates and incidents may be reconciled, and such suggestion 
really may be a fa6l. This, however, must be left for some 
one in the blood, and curious to trace the family beyond the 
ocean. 

The first of the name hereabout was John Kay, who purchased 
one hundred acres of Francis Collins, in 1684, situated on the 
north side of the north branch of Cooper's creek, adjoining 
a tradl of land which he (Francis Collins) afterwards sold to 
Simeon Ellis. ^"'' These one hundred acres are now part of the 
farm lately owned by Joseph W. Cooper, deceased, and lie about 
one mile east of Ellisburg, in Delaware township. In 1696, 
Jarvis Kay located one hundred acres of land situated on the 
southerly side of the south branch of Cooper's creek; but, from 
the vague and uncertain description, its exa6l position cannot 
be discovered.* This tra6l is probably now included in the 
landed estate of John Gill, and lies about one mile south of 
Haddonfield in Centre township, bounded by the stream afore- 
said. Whether the Jarvis Kay here mentioned was the father 
of John, or whether he lived on the survey before mentioned, 
is unknown at this late day, and without much trouble and 
bootless research, may always so remain. 

There is a tradition in the family that the first habitation 
of John Kay on the tra6t of one hundred acres was a cave 
in the hillside near the creek, and that there he and his family 
resided. This is probable, as many of the first settlers adopted 
this mode of shelter, until time could be had to clear a portion 



1 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. i, 14. 3 Basse's Book, 236. 

2 Lib. A, 01, Gloucester Deeds. 4 Lib. A, 32, O. S. G. 



JOHN KAY. 169 

of their land and ere6l log cabins, which were universal in the 
first settlement of the country. Were the dwelling a cave or a 
cabin, there is much of interest surrounding the place where it 
stood; and it deserves a faithful search in order to discover 
its true locality. 

In 1685, a religious meeting was established by consent of 
Burlington Friends, at the house of John Kay, in conne6lion 
with one of the same chara6ler to be held at the house of 
Timothy Hancock, at Penisaukin, on alternate first-days, for 
the accommodation of Friends in Evesham, and about Penis- 
aukin and Cooper's creek. '" These meetings were continued 
until 1707, at least, as the records show marriages to have taken 
place there as late as that time. William Clark and Mary 
Heritage were married there in 1696. Benjamin Wood and 
Elizabeth Kay, and Benjamin Thackara and Mary Cooper, 
were married there in 1707, as were doubtless many others, 
the record of whose marriages has been lost. 

At that date (1685), the settlers in Evesham, or the Vale 
of Evesham, as the neighborhood is called in some of the old 
titles, were but few, and wide apart.** Among them were 
William and Elizabeth Evans, who lived in a cave near Mt. 
Laurel, on a tra6l of land which William had located in 1682; 
and here were born their children. Noel Mew and his Indian 
wife had settled on part of a large tra6l of land located by 
his father, Richard Mew. His habitation was on the farm 
lately owned by James Wills, and near a stream of water 
called Noel's run, which doubtless received its name from 
him. Thomas Evans, a brother of William, also settled in 
that neighborhood; his family was small, however, he having 
but a wife and one daughter. 

John Inskeep resided east of Marlton, in a small cabin sur- 
rounded by Indians, with whom he lived on excellent terms. 
Thomas Eves lived near by, as well as Henry Ballinger, Francis 
Austin, and others, who were known in those days as the 
"Evesham Friends," and attended the meeting at John Kay's 
house. Elizabeth Evans, the wife of William, was a public 



5 Asa Matlack's Mem. 

6 Revel's Book, 72. 



I70 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Friend, and doubtless followed closely in the footsteps of the 
founder of her profession, and, in their meetings at this place, 
frequently exhorted those around her to do likewise. 

John Kay's house was several miles from where these people- 
lived, but it proved how much they were attached to their 
religious principles, and what difficulties they were willing to 
overcome in order to observe the requirements of the society. 

In this conne6lion it may be proper to notice another meet- 
ing of Friends, held at the house of Thomas Shackle, from the 
year 1695 to 1721. Some one who has had access to the 
minute book of the Friends' Meetings in this se6lion, has 
made the following extra6l therefrom : 

"The Monthly Meeting of Gloucester from the year 1695, 
was held alternately at Newton and at the house of Thomas 
Shackle, until the twelfth month, 1721, at which time it was 
held at the meeting house at Haddonfield, which was built 
in the fore part of that year, on ground given by John Estaugh, 
for the accommodation of the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings. 
After some time, two meetings a week for worship, were con- 
stantly kept there, which are still continued, excepting when 
that on the first-day is held at Newton.' The Monthly Meeting 
is now constantly held at Haddonfield, and the Quarterly Meet- 
ing alternately there and at Salem. The Quarterly Meeting 
was first set up by order of the Yearly Meeting at Burlington, 
to be held alternately at Salem and Newton." 

The house of Thomas Shackle stood upon the farm now 
owned by Amos Kaighn, in Delaware township, a short dis- 
tance northwest of the Haddonfield and Moorestown road, 
and about one mile from Ellisburg.^ The land Thomas Shackle 
purchased of Francis Collins in 1689, and, in 1735, it became 
the property of John Burrough." 

This extra6l fixes the year in which the meeting house at 
Haddonfield was built, the ere6lion of which centred all the 
meetings at one point, much to the comfort and convenience 
of the people. 



7 "The Friend," Vol. 4, 206. 

8 Lib. Gi, 97. 

9 Lib. X, 14. 



JOHN KAY. 171 

Proud, in a foot note to his History of Pennsylvania, says 
''that John Kty was the first child born of English parents in 
Philadelphia, and that William Penn gave him a square of 
ground. He was born in a cave long afterwards known by 
the name of Penny Pot, near Sassafras street." He remem- 
bers him to have been in the city about six years before his 
death, which occurred in 1767. He was buried at Kennett, in 
Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he had previously resided. 

The subje6l of this sketch and the person named by Proud 
cannot be the same, although the name is frequently spelled 
differently, which sometimes leads to doubt. 

John Kay became the owner of many trails of land near 
his first purchase, some of which he located, and some of which 
he bought ■ of the settlers. One of the old deeds calls him a 
clothier, which implies he was a manufacturer of, or a dealer in 
cloth. Whether this had reference to his calling before or after 
his settlement here, does not appear. 

The coloring matter for his goods was not one of the troubles 
in manufa6luring, for our Quaker ancestors were careful to avoid 
anything in dress that pertained to style or pretension. Of 
the few changes that have made any inroads upon the pra6lices 
of primitive Friends, this is the most radical. In England, 
the members of this sedl cannot be distinguished by their dress, 
and such may soon be the case in America. 

In 1 7 10, John Kay purchased the Lovejoy survey, partly 
covered by the village of Haddon field, which purchase included 
the mansion house and corn mill built by Thomas Kendall in 
1697, now part of the estate of Josiah B. Evans, deceased; 
both of which buildings stood on the south side of the creek, 
and within the bounds of Newton township. To this place 
John Kay removed, and he there resided until his death. ^^ 

This "corn mill," in the days of our ancestors known as the 
"Free Lodge mill," as then constructed, would be a curiosity 
to the mechanics of the present time." The driving of one 
run of stone was, perhaps, all that was desired, the machinery 
being so heavily and clumsily made that it would contrast 



10 Basse's Book, 237. 

11 Basse's Book, 62. 



172 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

strangely with the perfe6l application of power, the avoidance 
of fri6lion, and the nice adjustment secured by experience 
and ingenuity to the same uses at the present day. 

The mill stood some distance below the dam, at the end 
of the race-way cut in the bank, which secured additional 
head and fall without increasing the expense. The remains 
of this race-way may yet be seen, but the site of the mill is 
entirely obliterated. That it literally was a corn mill there 
can be no question, as no other kind of grain was raised here 
for many years after its ere(5lion, nor was bolting apparatus 
introduced after other cereals were cultivated, but our fore- 
fathers ate their bread made of the dark flour, taken up with 
the bran still remaining therein ; which, although it detradled 
from the appearance, yet aided materially in the digestion. 

A story is still extant, much to the scandal of our worthy 
ancestors, that, in going with a "grist" to the mill, they always 
put a stone in one end of the sack, the better to balance the 
grain in the other, when hung across the horse or ox that 
carried it, not understanding that, with grain in place of the 
stone, a double portion could be thus transported. If this 
be true, then the improvement in the mode of getting a grist 
to and from the mill is quite as discoverable as the advantage 
derived from modern well adjusted machinery. This was prob- 
ably the first grain mill in Gloucester county, and, if it stood 
now as in the days of its usefulness, many would be the visitors 
to examine its arrangement and inspe6l its odd constru6lion. 

In 1685, John Kay was ele6led a member of the Assembly 
of the province of West New Jersey, and, in 1 703 and 1 704, 
again filled the same position. ^^ During this time he was also 
appointed one of the justices of Gloucester county, which, 
under the laws of the State, then existing, made him one of 
the judges of the several courts of the same. He held several 
local offices, and discharged their duties to the satisfa6lion of 
the community. 

In 1 710, he was again ele6led one of the members of the 
Provincial Assembly from Gloucester county, which was part 
of the fourth session of the Legislature after the surrender 



12 Minutes of Assembly, State Library, Trenton. 



JOHN KAY. 173 

made to Queen Anne, and in the ninth year of her reign. 
Upon the meeting of this body at Burlington, he was chosen 
speaker, which appointment at that time was sufficient to mark 
him as a man of more than ordinary ability. Robert Hunter 
was governor, holding his commission from the Queen, and, 
by her instru6tions and authority, striving to settle the diffi- 
culties then existing between the colonies, but now united 
under his administration. Much depended on the discretion 
and good judgment of the Legislature in making the surrender 
acceptable to the people, and John Kay was a prominent man 
during all these difficulties. He was continued speaker through 
the sessions of 1711-12 and 1713. 

Upon the meeting of the Legislature in 1716, Daniel Coxe 
was returned as a member of the Assembly in place of John 
Kay, and was chosen speaker. The proceedings of that body, 
however, show in what way this occurred ; for William Harri- 
son, sheriff of Gloucester county, was arrested and brought 
to the bar of the House by the sergeant-at-arms, and repri- 
manded "for adjourning the ele6lion poll from the "great 
field" near John Kay's house, to William Cooper's, several 
miles distant, without the consent of the candidates, which 
was contrary to law."^* By this transa<5lion, the defeat of 
John Kay was brought about, which led to the censure of the 
principal executive officer of the county. What sheriff Har- 
rison's explanation or apology was, does not appear upon the 
record, yet it is evident that he was in sympathy with Dr. Coxe, 
and enlarged his authority to carry out his wishes. John Kay 
at that time resided at the corn mill, and the "great field" was 
part of John Haddon's estate, bounded by the King's road 
and part of the village of Haddonfield. 

Although several years had passed away since the assumption 
of the government by Queen Anne, yet the participants in the 
political troubles previous to that had not forgotten their ani- 
mosities, as was evidenced in the foregoing transa6lion. Daniel 
Coxe made himself obnoxious to Governor Hunter, and, at the 
next session, absented himself from the Assembly, at which 
time Jolin Kinsey was eledled speaker in his stead. Coxe was 
afterward reprimanded and expelled from that body. 



13 Minutes of Assembly, State Library, Trenton. 



174 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Another peculiarity about this ele6lion was the returning of 
Daniel Coxe for the counties of Salem and Gloucester; so, 
upon the organization of the Assembly, he was called upon to 
decide which of the two counties he would represent. After 
much controversy, in which he manifested considerable ill feel- 
ing, as well as his ignorance of the laws, he concluded to serve 
for Gloucester, considering doubtless that the influence of John 
Kay would hinder the consummation of his plans, if sitting as 
a member at that time. This made it necessary that a warrant 
should issue for a new eledlion in Salem ; upon its return it was 
found that William Clews was ele6led ; but delay was caused 
in his taking his seat by reason of his scruples in regard to the 
necessary oath. After considerable explanation, this trouble 
was overcome, and the hindrance caused by a faftious and 
unprincipled man removed. 

Among the colonial records in the state paper office in 
London, England, notice of his eledlion is entered; it is 
there imputed to the "inundation of the Swedes,^* reference 
being had to such of that nationality as were inhabitants of 
Salem and Gloucester counties. 

Daniel Coxe was the son of Dr. Daniel Coxe of London, 
who became the owner of twenty-two whole shares of propriety 
in West New Jersey, and was governor of the province from 
1687 to 1690. In 1 69 1, a number of persons, residents of 
London, formed themselves into what they called the "West 
New Jersey Society," and purchased of him the above named 
shares, he reserving, however, surveys already made, being 
large tradts in Salem county, then including both Cumberland 
and Cape May. This deed also contained grants for two 
hundred thousand acres, called the "Merrisinbes Province," 
contiguous to West Jers,ey; two shares of propriety in East 
Jersey; three whole shares in Merrimack, New England; ten 
thousand acres in Pennsylvania; a dwelling house and pottery 
house with all the tools, in Burlington ; town-lots at Perth 
Amboy, and Town-lots at Gloucester and Egg Harbor. The 
society consisted of forty-eight persons having a common seal, 
with, perhaps, a charter from the King. Many large surveys 



14 Publications of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 5, 93. 



JOHN KAY. 175 

were made and sold, realizing considerable money to the associa- 
tion ; but the troubles with their agents here, and the dissensions 
among themselves at home, finally reduced the number of persons 
to but few, who eventually sold the entire estate to Benjamin B. 
Cooper, of Gloucester county, N. J. Even at this date large 
sums of money are held by the treasurer, waiting the lawful 
owners ; who may have some trouble in making the legal con- 
nedlion, after such a lapse of time, with those who constituted 
the original society. 

Daniel Coxe (the son) was bred to the law, and was a man of 
good education and many redeeming traits of chara<5ler, but of 
an erratic and impetuous temperament, which was continually 
getting him into difficulty with those in authority. He was a 
member of Lord Cornbury's council, and sympathized with 
him in many of his arbitrary and illegal a6ls done under the 
color of law; this rendered him especially unpopular with 
the Quakers of the province. 

In the year 1734, he was appointed one of the associate 
justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and discharged 
his duties with much satisfadlion to the people ; age and exper- 
ience having tempered his composition and made him a valuable 
and exemplary member of society. He remained on the bench 
until his death, which occurred in 1739. Judge Field, in his 
History of the Provincial Courts of New Jersey, says of him : 

"His early career in New Jersey was clouded by his con- 
nedlion with Lord Cornbury, and his diff"erence with Governor 
Hunter, but he lived to enjoy the confidence and respe6l of the 
community, and his judicial duties appear to have been dis- 
charged with ability and integrity." 

At the election which occurred in November, 17 16, John 
Kay was again returned as a member of the Assembly and, 
although not ele6led speaker, he took a prominent part in all 
the proceedings of that branch of the government. Among 
other matters of importance, he was chairman of the committee 
to procure the settlement of the boundary line between New 
York and New Jersey, then a subje6l of much controversy and 
ill feeling. 



176 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

He was also chairman of the committee to prepare a law to 
fix the partition line between East and West Jersey, — a matter 
that interested the council of proprietors of each division ; that 
has found its way into every tribunal in the State, and that 
remains to this day a subje6l of trouble and litigation. At this 
session he also procured the passage of an a6l to make per- 
petual an a6l entitled, "An a6l that the solemn affirmation of 
the people called Quakers shall be accepted instead of an oath 
in the usual form, and for qualifying and enabling the said 
people to serve as jurors and to execute any place of trust in 
the province." From this may be dated the law that relieved 
Friends from the many difficulties that grew out of a legal 
formality, and which had been a source of annoyance to theiiT 
since the surrender of the government to Queen Anne, and, 
particularly, since the arrival of Lord Cornbury, her first execu- 
tive officer. He was in advance of his times in discerning the 
necessities of the people and the interests of the province. He 
grew up with the emigrants, had knowledge of all the political 
difficulties through which they passed, shared all their priva- 
tions, was participant and assisted in the settlement of all the 
leading questions of the day in which he lived, and enjoyed 
the confidence of his constituency until the last. He was a 
member of the Society of Friends, and one of the trustees of 
the Newton meeting from 1708 until his death. 

As one of the members of the Council of Proprietors of 
West New Jersey, he was also a prominent man, sought out 
many abuses incident to the location of land, and had the same 
corre6led during his continuance in that office. It does not 
appear that he was a pra6lical surveyor, yet his thorough busi- 
ness qualifications placed him on an even footing with the 
deputies; by which means he understood the whole manner 
of procedure in the laying on of rights according to the rules, 
and, sometimes, to the discomfiture of that class of men. 

John Kay died in 1742, a wealthy man, leaving a widow 
(Sarah), who survived him several years. Their children were 
John, who married Sarah Langstone in 1707; Sarah, who mar- 
ried James Norris; Mary, who married Benjamin Wood in 
1707; Isaac, who married Mary Ann Gregory in 1738; Josiah, 



JOHN KAY. x-ii 

who married Rebecca Davenport in 17 13, a daughter of Francis, 
one of the first settlers at Burlington, N. J., who came from 
Whittington, Derbyshire, England; Benjamin who deceased, 
single, in 1732; and Joseph, who died in 1721, leaving a widow, 
Elizabeth, and children. 

At the time of his death, John Kay owned all the land on 
the east side of the main street in Haddonfield, extending from 
Cooper's creek to Ellis street (excepting a few lots which he had 
sold); also land lying between the two branches of Cooper's 
creek, extending some two miles up each branch, and a large 
tradl on the north side of the north branch, beside surveys in 
other parts of Gloucester county. In 1727, he conveyed to his 
son Josiah, the one hundred acres which he purchased of Francis 
Collins, upon which Josiah settled, who, in 1745, conveyed the 
same to his son Francis.'* It is probable that this tra6t of land 
remained in the family and name for many years after the last 
conveyance, but, at this writing, it has lost its identity therewith. 

In the same year (1727), John Kay conveyed to his son Isaac 
several tra6ls of land, the whole containing seven hundred and 
thirty-four acres, situated on both branches of Cooper's creek. ^^ 
In this deed, the grantor is called "John Kay of the Grist Mill, 
at the head of Cooper's creek, in Newton township, Gloucester 
county, New Jersey," his residence and occupation at that time 
thus being proved beyond a question. The only part of the 
original landed estate that has remained in the family and name 
from the location to the present time, is the farm now owned by 
Joseph Kay, of Haddonfield, and situated on the south side 
of the north branch of Cooper's creek in Delaware township. 
This tra6t has descended continuously through the blood and 
name for nearly two hundred years, never having passed by a 
deed from one owner to another in that time. Excepting a 
small portion of the land occupied by Sarah Norris, the son John 
possessed all the land owned by the father on the east side of 
the main street in Haddonfield, extending nearly to Ellis street. 
His children were Isaac, who married Hope French; John, who 
married Rebecca Hartley; Mathias; William, who marrried 



15 Lib. S6, 338, o. s. G. 

16 Lib. DD, 17s. 



178 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Barbary Smith; Rebecca; Hope, who died before her father, 
single; Ann, who married Joshua Evans ; and Mary, who mar- 
ried Abraham Heulings. 

James Norris, a sliipwriglit, who married Sarali, built one of 
the first houses in Haddonfield, on land then owned by her 
father, where he, during his life, and his widow, after his death, 
kept a store. James Norris deceased in 1742 intestate, leaving 
one child, Elizabeth, who married Isaac Smith in 1739, and 
John Hinchman in 1747." 

Sarah Norris died in 1755, leaving a will. ^* She gave Jona- 
than Axford two horses and the use of her house, set her slaves 
free, and bequeathed a sum of money to the Newton Meeting. ^^ 
The inventory of her personal property amounted to nearly 
four hundred pounds. She continued her store until her death, 
dealing in all the various commodities incident to the trade 
of a country merchant. Of such of her customers who were slow 
to pay, she would hand over the accounts to the officers of the 
law, to secure the debt already in danger, and as a terror to all 
others in like manner offending. Her property accumulated 
under her management, showing that she had good business 
qualifications. Her daughter Elizabeth had two children by 
her first husband (daughters'), but none by the last. She died 
about the year 1804, surviving John Hinchman several years. 
Her children were Sarah, who married Joseph Hugg in 1761, 
and Mary, who married Jacob Jennings in the same year. 

Mary (the wife of Benjamin Wood), deceased before her 
father, leaving four children, namely: Abigail, who married 
Robert Hunt; Mary, who married Joseph Cole and Richard 
Matlack; Elizabeth, who married Elias Toy; and Hannah, who 
married Joseph Heulings.'^" 

Isaac (to whom his father had conveyed land in 1727) had his 
residence on Avhat is generally known as the "Fotteral Farm," 
now owned by Hannah, the widow of Josiah B. Evans, deceased. 
In the year 1791, most of the land owned by Isaac was re-sur- 
veyed by his son Joseph, and the boundaries settled.^' 



17 Lib. No. 4, 376. 20 Lib. S, 6i. 

18 Gloucester Files, 1758. 21 Lib W, 190, O. S. G. 

19 Lib. No. 7, 390. 



JOHN KAY. 179 

Isaac Kay died in 1757, leaving the following children: 
Isaac; Joseph; Sarah, who married Abraham Bryant; Eliza- 
beth, who married Isaac Horner; and one child not born at 
the time of his decease.^'' This part of the estate has not been 
in the name for many years. 

As before stated, Josiah lived on the old homestead, where 
he died in 1771. His children were Francis, who married 
Jemima French ; Joseph, who married Ann Thompson (and who, 
dying before his father, left children); Isaac; and Elizabeth, 

who married Parker. This family increased rapidly. 

There is some doubt as to the correctness of its genealogy as 
here given. 

Although the sons of the first settlers remained on the pater- 
nal estate, yet the second generation soon spread far beyond the 
limits of New Jersey, and the name may now be found in all 
sedtions of the Union. 

The descendants of Mary have multiplied largely; they 
would find some trouble in tracing their line of blood to its 
source, so tortuous and so diluted has it now become. 

At this day, it is probable that the family of Sarah Norris has 
no existence. The second generation from her was limited to 
two females, and, if from them it has been enlarged, no knowl- 
edge of the fa6l is possessed in this region of country. 

22 Lib. No. 8, 350. 



SIMEON ELLIS. 



SAMUEL SMITH, in his History of New Jersey, says, 
"Thomas Ellis came to Burlington, New Jersey, in 
1677." He came from Burlington, in Yorkshire, England, 
as one of the servants of George Hutchinson, who was a 
distiller. In reference to this class of persons, a note is 
appended, which says: "Many that came servants succeeded 
better than some that bought estates. The first, inured to 
industry and the ways of the country, became wealthy, while 
others were obliged to spend what they had in the difficulties 
of the improvements. And others, living too much on their 
original stock, for want of sufficient care to improve their 
estates, have in many instances dwindled to indigency and 
want." Thomas Gordon, in his history of this State, copied 
after Smith, and mentions another Thomas Ellis, who arrived 
a few years later; but the same person is probably meant, 
as, by some oversight, the name may have been repeated. 

He settled on a town lot located to him in Burlington, in 
1680, and died two years after, leaving a daughter Elizabeth, 
who was apprenticed to John Brown the same year. This 
was done by the judges of the court, and appears among its 
proceedings.^ 

William Ellis also came to Burlington county in 1683, and 
made a location of a considerable tra6l of land in Springfield 



I Revel's Book, 04. 



1 82 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

township. He was from Tunstall, in Holderness, Yorkshire, 
England, and, in all probability, was of the same family as 
Thomas.^ 

Of the nativity, or of the arrival of Simeon Ellis in New 
Jersey, nothing is known ; and it may, perhaps, always remain 
a doubtful question, for the reason that very many of the 
emigrants of that day had no entry made of their names upon 
the ship's books, and also because many of these books have 
been destroyed through the carelessness of the owners, or of 
those into whose possession they may have fallen. 

It is probable, however, that he was not among the first that 
landed here, as he did not purchase any real estate until 1691 ; 
at which date many settlements had been made in Burlington 
and Gloucester counties, and the city of Philadelphia had 
come to be quite a thrifty village.'^ This purchase consisted 
of two hundred acres of land conveyed to him by Francis 
Collins, and was part of a survey of eight hundred acres made 
by him, bounded by the north side of the north branch of 
Cooper's creek.'' The two hundred acres lay on both sides of 
the King's highway, as the same had been but a short time 
before laid out by the commissioners appointed for that purpose. 

Simeon built his log cabin near the stream, and but a short 
distance from the road; here he always after lived, and here 
were all his children born. As was the custom in those days, 
his place had to be designated by some title, and he adopted 
that of "Springwell;" but, like the position of the first habi- 
tation, it has long since been forgotten. This pradlice was 
brought by our forefathers from England, where every gentle- 
man's "seat" had a particular name, which name is tenaciously 
adhered to from generation to generation by the family. The 
constant change of the title to land in New Jersey, and the 
disposition of many families to remove from the ancestral acres, 
are reasons why so few estates at the present day retain the 
names by which they were christened at the first settlement. 
Some, however, may so be found ; also, in possession of the 
owners, may be seen the original title to the estate, coming 



2 Lib. Bi, 121. 

3 Lib, G2, 127. 

4 Lib. P, 238. 



SIMEON ELLIS. 183 

down through the same blood, with the pride of family always 
apparent. 

In 1695, Simeon bought four hundred acres of land of Elias 
and Margaret Hugg, adjoining his first purchase. This Margaret 
was a daughter of Francis Collins, who had conveyed the said 
four hundred acres to Samuel Jennings and Robert Dimsdale, 
as trustees, in 1687 — part of the eight hundred acres survey 
before named.* 

These first purchases of Simeon Ellis, as described by present 
localities, include the village of EUisburg, in Delaware town- 
ship ; they are almost equally divided by the Camden and 
Marlton turnpike, and the Moorestown and Haddonfield road. 
But few of the original boundaries are left, excepting the water 
course, as the purchase, sale and division of land, in the space 
of one hundred years, obliterate very many ancient land marks. 

Several other purchases were made, some of which lay on the 
south side of the north branch, now included in the farms of 
John Ballinger and of others adjoining.'' A part of this estate 
is now owned by Joseph Ellis and the heirs of Josiah Ellis, 
deceased, lineal descendants of the first settlers. All the 
remainder has passed out of the name many years since. 

Simeon Ellis was not a participant in the political troubles of 
the times in which he lived, and does not appear as an office 
holder upon any of the records. He was a member of the 
Society of Friends, and among those who made up the little 
assemblage at John Kay's house, a short distance from his own ; 
where he met the few of the same se6l that came from Evesham. 

Simeon Ellis died in 1715, dividing his property by will 
among his children.' His personal effe6ls, by appraisement, 
amounted to two hundred and fifty-three pounds, sterling, and 
he, doubtless, was considered a "well-to-do" farmer by his 
neighbors, for his estate ranged much above the average of 
that time. His wife, who survived him, was Sarah, a daughter 
of William Bates, to whom he was married, according to the 
order of Friends, in 1692, at the old Newton meeting house, 
then a short distance from the home of the bride. 

5 Lib. G3, 71. 

6 Basse's Book, 28. 

7 Lib. No. 2, 05. 



1 84 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Sarah, the widow of Simeon Ellis, dealt somewhat in real 
estate after the death of her husband, as, in 171 7, she bought 
some four hundred acres in Newton township, fronting on 
Cooper's creek, and extending to the main branch of Newton 
creek.* This she purchased of Isaac Holhngsham, and, the 
next year, her son Thomas conveyed her an adjoining tra6l, 
making her at that time one of the largest land holders in the 
township. 

Portions of this property remained in the family and name 
for many years after the death of the widow, following the 
collateral branches to the present generation ; but they are now 
divided into lots and farms, parts being owned by Edward C. 
Knight, William P. Tatem, John C. De Costa, and others. 

The landed estate of Simeon Ellis and of his widow Sarah, 
in her own right, was therefore large; and, lying as it mostly 
does, in the improved sedlions of Camden county, if taken 
as a whole, it would now be of much value. 

In disposing of his property by his will, Simeon Ellis men- 
tioned seven children, namely: Thomas, who married Catha- 
rine Collins, daughter of Joseph, in 1722; Joseph, who mar- 
ried ; William, who married Sarah Collins, daughter 

of Joseph; Simeon, who married ; Jonathan, who 

married Mary Hollingshead (the latter surviving him, and after- 
wards marrying Robert Stiles); Mary, who married 

: and Sarah, who married John Kay, in 1730. 

The homestead estate, which was devised to Thomas, William 
and Simeon, was held by them, as given by their father, until 
1754, when, owing to some trouble in regard to the boundaries, 
they joined in a re-survey of the same, which settled all matters 
in dispute with adjoining owners. *• This proceeding also showed 
in what manner the three sons held the paternal estate, and on 
what part of which each lived at that time. 

Thomas had three hundred and nineteen acres of the western 
part, fronting on the creek and extending north. His residence 
was on what is generally known as the Lewallen farm (a short 
distance from Stevenson's mill). The Ogden estate, being for- 



8 Lib. A, 56, iDi . 

9 Lib. S, 338, O. S. G. 



SIMEON ELLIS. 185 

merly the farm of Charles Collins, deceased, was part of 
Thomas's share; and also much other adjoining land; all this 
is now divided and sub-divided into plantations, the primitive 
forests being gone and most of the ancient boundaries oblit- 
erated. In 1766, he sold the larger part of the same to 
Joseph Collins, who, by his will, divided it among his sons.'" 

This Joseph Collins was, perhaps, the son of Benjamin and 
nephew of Catharine, the wife of Thomas Ellis, and the only 
person of that branch of the family who carried the name to 
the present generations. 

William had two hundred and thirty-three acres in the most 
northerly part of the original tra6t, lying, as it now does, on 
both sides of the Haddonfield and Moorestown road, and 
mostly absorbed in the farms of William Morris Cooper and 
the heirs at law of Batheuel Heulings, deceased. In 1757, he 
lived in Newton township, at which time his occupation was 
that of a carpenter ; but he afterwards removed to his part of 
his father's estate, and there died intestate, in 1759.'' His wife 
Catharine became his administrator. He had but two children, 
namely:'"' Abigail, who married John Cox in 1744; and Ann, 
who married Peter Champion in 1746. John Stokes in 1751, and 
Samuel Murrell.^'" 

The landed property was divided between the two daughters ; 
it has many years since passed out of the name and blood." 

The daughter Ann, by her several husbands, had the follow- 
ing issue: By Peter Champion, one child, Joseph, who married 
Rachel Collins; by John Stokes, none; by Samuel Murrell, a 
son Samuel, who married Hubbs. 

The children of John and Abigail Cqx, were William, who 

married Phoebe Dufifield ; John, who married Tallman and 

Ann Dylwin ; and Samuel, who married Sarah Emlen. 

A short distance east of the Haddonfield and Moorestown 
road, and on the Heulings farm, is the spot where were buried 
the slaves of the Ellis family, a spot scarcely known to the 
present generation, but not as yet used for farming purposes. 
Occasionally a member of the owner's family would be interred 

10 Lib. L, 109, Woodburj'. 13 Book of Licences of Marriages, Trenton. 

11 Lib. P, 4-9. 14 Lib. AH, 385. 

12 Lib. No. 9, 213. 



1 86 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

at such place, and consequently be lost sight of among the after 
generations of the proprietor. 

Simeon had the larger share in acres, as well as the homestead 
improvements, for his portion of the paternal property, it being 
three hundred and sixty-six acres, with an extensive front on 
the creek. He occupied the house built by his father and tilled 
the land, from which the latter had cleai'ed the timber, when he 
made his settlement at that place. He was an intelligent man 
for his day, and the ancestor of the family that still retain parts 
of the original estate. As a tiller of the soil and one who 
sought to develop agriculture, he was a public benefactor; as a 
dispenser of the law in the guise of a country squire, he com- 
manded that deference which in years gone by was paid to such 
individuals, maintaining the dignity of the realm and respe6l 
for the King. 

His docket is a curious volume, interspersed with the entries 
of a6lions at law, charges for grain, credit for money paid for 
labor on his farm, and much other matter, foreign entirely to 
the purpose for which the book was intended. In the year 
1742, Sarah Norris, who kept a store in Haddonfield, being out 
of patience with many of her delinquent customers, applied to 
Squire Ellis, to try his remedy ; upon whose record her name 
frequently appears as plaintiff in suits there entered. To show 
that she was in earnest, the execution soon followed the judg- 
ment ; which meant that the claim must be discharged, or the 
defendant be sent to jail. That a man could more easily pay his 
debt when fast in* prison than at liberty, was one of the absurd- 
ities of English jurisprudence, brought to New Jersey by our 
ancestors; but the notion has been exploded, having given way 
to common sense and a more liberal sentiment. 

The quarter sessions court, in fashion then, consisting of two 
justices of the peace, with authority to try petty crimes, some- 
times sat at Simeon's house. Perchance some scamp, without 
the fear of law before his eyes, had robbed his neighbor's hen- 
roost, and he, while in the enjoyment of a meal therefrom, had 
been pounced upon by a constable and taken at once to trial. 

The court, with all gravity, and, in consideration of the 
importance of the crime, would listen to the evidence; hear 



SIMEON ELLIS. 187 

the story of the defendant; and, after much judicial hesita- 
tion, declare the criminal guilty. If an old offender, twenty 
lashes on the bare back would only be sufficient to vindicate 
the dignity of the law ; which sentence would be passed with 
a hint of more, if again convi6led. 

To a tree near by, in the most public manner, would the 
culprit be taken; and there, in the presence of the crowd, 
tied, stripped and beaten, — a proceeding which degraded alike 
the vi6lim of the law, and those whose morbid tastes could 
induce them to witness the sentence carried into eff"e6l. 

Like the court, these scenes have become obsolete. Elements 
of Christianity have been infused into the corrective systems 
of our government, more charitable in their operation, and 
less humiliating to the unfortunate. 

By the gracious favor of his Majesty, the peace officers of 
the realm were clothed with authority to solemnize marriages. 
Although much the larger portion of the inhabitants in West 
Jersey were Quakers, and careful that the young folks should 
adhere to their form in this regard, yet it sometimes happened 
that an alliance would be made in which the "beau or belle" 
was outside the pale of the church. In these cases, Simeon 
Ellis was often called upon ; and he, without the presence of 
any one except the parties themselves, would join them in the 
bonds of holy wedlock. This breach of discipline was fre- 
quently overlooked; and, if a proper explanation was made, 
and an acknowledgment forwarded to the meeting, the erring 
one was retained in membership. 

From the year 1727 to 1791 inclusive, a law was in force 
requiring a man who contemplated marriage, to file a bond 
under his hand and seal, with the Governor of the State, with 
sufficient security; the condition of which was that he had no 
lawful let, impediment of pre-contra6t, affinity or consanguinity, 
to hinder the same. A copy of one of these is here given, 
which may prove of interest to the reader. It is as follows: — 

"Know all Men by these Presents, That We, James 
Mulock of the County of Gloucester, in the Province of New 
Jersey, Pra6licioner of Physick, and Robert Friend Price, of 
the same Place, Esq., are holden and do stand justly indebted 



i88 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

unto His Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Captain-General 
and Governor-in-Chief of New-Jersey, &c., in the sum of Five 
Hundred Pounds of current lawful Money of New-Jersey; to 
be paid to His said Excellency the Governor, his Successors or' 
Assigns. For the which Payment well and truly to be made 
and done. We do bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and 
Administrators, and every of them, 

firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, Dated this 
Sixteenth day of April Anno Domini One Thousand Seven 
Hundred and Fifty-Seven, [1757]. 

"The Condition of this Obligation is such. That where- 
as the above Bounden James Mulock hath obtained License of 
Marriage for himself of the one Party, and for Priscilla Collins 
of Gloucester County of the other Party, Now, if it shall not 
hereafter appear, that they the said James Mulock and Priscilla 
Collins have any lawful Let or Impediment of Pre-contra6l, 
Afifiiiity, or Consanguinity, to hinder their being joined in the 
Holy Bands of Matrimony, and afterwards their living together 
as Man and Wife: then this Obligation to be void, or else to 
stand and remain in full Force and Virtue. 

"JAMES MULOCK, [seal.] 

"ROBT. FR'D PRICE. [seal.] 

^'Sealed and Delivered in 
the Presence of 

"Jos. Harrison." 

If no other good was accomplished, the great value of the 
papers arising from the operation of the law is sufficient. These 
bonds and certificates arranged in chronological order, are well 
cared for in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton; 
and they contain an amount of information that otherwise 
would have been lost. Occasionally the records show that the 
parties were from another state, by reason, no doubt, of an 
inexorable parent or stubborn guardian, whose consent to the 
marriage could not be had. 

Weddings, in those times, frequently extended through days 
of hilarity and frolic. Dancing, blind-man's buff, and pawns 



SIMEON ELLIS. 189 

were the usual means of enjoyment, and were entered upon 
with a zest that proved that every one was in search of pleas- 
ure. Like many others, these customs have passed away, and 
time has interposed so many generations that the present has no 
remembrance of them. Our sturdy ancestors on these occasions 
seemed boisterous and rude, but it should be considered that 
they had other occupations than the study of refinement and 
polish. Those who remove the timber and conquer the soil of 
a new country, seldom have time to indulge in education or 
luxury. 

Simeon Ellis di?d in 1773, leaving a will. Parts of his land 
he conveyed to his sons, but much passed to them by devise.'* 
He survived his wife, and left the following children : Isaac, 
who married Mary Shivers (daughter of Samuel); Benjamin, 
who married Sarah Bates; William, who married Amy Matlack; 
John, who married Priscilla Peterson (widowl; Sarah, who 

married William Duyre; and Simeon, who married 

Bates (sister to Benjamin's wife.) 

Isaac settled on that part of the homestead now included in 
Ellisburg, and built part of the present tavern house. 

Benjamin ere6led a home on a few acres given to him by his 
father, on that side of the road opposite the late residence of 
David D. Burrough, deceased, and there he lived and died. 

William removed to the landed estate of his Avife, near Glen- 
dale, part of which is still owned by Joseph H. Ellis; he here 
occupied himself as a farmer. His fondness for hunting and 
field sports drew around him, during the winter months, men 
of like tastes, and his house was generally the starting point for 
such as enjoyed those manly pastimes. These traits of char- 
a6ler have not been lost in the latter generations, and only lack 
full development from want of deer and foxes, so plenty in days 
of yore. 

Simeon remained on part of the original purchase, leaving 
but few immediate descendants. 

Joseph settled on his mother's property in Newton township, 
and probably had his home on the north side of the main 
branch of Newton creek, generally known as the former resi- 



15 Lib. No. 16, 144. 



I90 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

dence of Jacob Stokes, deceased. He became the owner of 
all, or the largest part of the maternal estate, and so held it 
during his life. His occupation was that of a farmer, and 
he does not appear to have participated in the political matters 
that occasionally agitated the community around him. 

He died in 1757, intestate. ^^ Having no sons, the estate, 
upon his demise, soon passed out of the name, and, except by 
the examination of the old titles, no trace of it can be discov- 
ered. His immediate descendants consisted of four daughters, 
namely : Priscilla, who married Jacob Stokes ; Sarah, who 
married John Buzby and Isaac Mickle; Abigail, who married 
Caleb Hughes; and Kesiah, who married Benjamin Vanleer, 
M. D." Excepting the descendants of Jacob Stokes, none of 
the family are known in this region at the present day.^** 

Jonathan lived in Haddonfield, but what his occupation was 
does not appear. In 1733, John Gill sold him a lot on the 
west side of the main street, where he built himself a house. 
Three years after, he sold the property to John Kaighn. He 
died a young man and intestate.^" 



16 Lib. C, 241, Woodbury. 18 Lib. T, 398. 

17 Lib. O, 368. 19 Lib. Q, 460, 475. 



JOSEPH TOMLINSON. 



THIS person came to New Jersey from the city of London. 
He was a member of the Horslydown Meeting of Friends. 
This meeting was on the Surrey side of the river Thames, 
which, even at that day, had become part of the great metrop- 
olis by means of the several bridges already eredled. He 
appears to have been in some way under the patronage of 
Anthony Sharp, an uncle of Thomas Sharp already mentioned. 
Many of this name, however, suffered persecution in England, 
from 1654 to 1690, for their religious opinions. These were 
residents of Lancashire and Derbyshire; they were fined and 
imprisoned for conforming to the belief of Friends, laid down 
at that period.^ Whether Joseph was of the same family can- 
not be known at this day, except by persistent and fortunate 
search. 

He arrived previously to the year 1686, and became an 
apprentice of Thomas Sharp, who had settled on Newton 
creek five years before that time.^ Although his education 
was better than that of many of his day, yet his apprentice- 
ship was to learn the business of woolstead comber or dyer, 
that being the occupation of his master when not upon some 
surveying expedition, or not engaged in his official duties. 

In addition to this, he was further advanced in the common 
branches of English education, and, when he attained his 



1 Besse's Sufferings, Vols. 1-2, 145, 327. 

2 Sharp's Book, O. S. G. 



i92 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

majority, was well fitted for business of any kind, and soon 
participated in the political affairs of the colony. He was 
something of a carpenter as well; for, in 1686, he made an 
agreement with his master to build him a house for a specified 
sum, and to furnished all the material except the nails. '^ The 
dimensions and style of this dwelling do not appear, but the 
presumption is that it was small and unpretending in both ; 
and required but little architectural skill in any particular. 

It is possible that Joseph Tomlinson was one of the persons 
who eredled the Friends' meeting house in Newton, the first 
building set apart for religious worship in Gloucester county, 
and the second in West New Jersey. 

For some reason the articles of apprenticeship were set aside, 
and Thomas Sharp agreed to pay him five pounds per annum 
for his services, and four pounds at the end of the term. In a 
letter copied by Sharp into his book, as written by Joseph Tom- 
linson to Anthony Sharp in Ireland, dated Newton, May 3d, 
1691, mention is made of the trouble between them; but the 
record is so much defaced by time, and the book so little cared 
for, that the matter contained therein cannot be deciphered.* 

A copy, however, is here given, leaving blank such parts as 
cannot be intelligently made out, to be supplied by such as 
have leisure and patience to make the attempt. 

"Copy of a letter sent by Joseph Tomlinson to my Uncle 

Anthony : 

"Newton, May 3, 1691. 

" Most Respected Master: — Having this opportunity good 
to write to thee, hoping thou together with * * my * * 
thy family are in good health, as I am, praised be * * * * 
wonder that I never received any letter from thee * * years, 
but only in a letter to thy cousin, wherein ***** to 
complain of us boath without just cause * * * in Ireland 
understand not the difficulties * * * * and thou seemest 
to be offended with Thomas because ***** which 
I took of thee was not performed =!•-** he tels * * * 
complained to thee by letter that I was demanding performance, 



3 Sharp's Book, O. S. G. 

4 Sharp's Book, O. S. G. 



JOSEPH TOMLINSON. 193 

but my writing was not for that purpose * * * you passed 
strange censure on my * * * say I had deserved to have 
my time given to me * * * not performed which I did 
not, for I thank God I have your charitie. God having given 
me my limbs to * * * * my living and if I had com- 
playned of extraordinary * * * to thee I should not only 
deserved to be released * * * * j (jj(j foj- jt would have 
been worse for me if it had * * * than it is, and I am 
very well satisfied that * * Yet notwithstanding if it had 
been or could have ***** for my parents sake and 
my fathers sake * * * me had I dyed on it I would have 
gone ****** the effecSls that we have * * * 

* * * used and the taking up of land here is more chary * 
than you think of, and I myself was taken * * so danger- 
ously that I had like to have lost my * * and have lost one 
of my big toes, and I was lame * * months and for the 
charge my master paid five pounds * * * chisurgeon which 
for his lost time and promise i * * paid him again before I 
left him * my service * * * well and truly served and 
computed the like * * * services of me. * * the stock 
would at last have been five pounds and the goods that thou 
sentest are merchantable. No more at present, but * * * 
receive a Release from under your hand that * * * wholy 
free from that, the which you have not * * * so remayne 
your friend to serve you.. 

"Joseph Tomlinson. 

"Remember my love to my father, mother, brothers and 
sisters, and * * * any of them be yet alive * * * a 
letter dire6ted to them come to thy hands. 

"Farewell." 

Friend Sharp, with his accustomed particularity, made a 
note thereof in the same book, as follows: ""Joseph fell lame 
the 29th of July, 1688, and so continued until the 29th of 
November, but in as much as he found himself some parts of 
the time, and did some small matters of work, we reckon but 



Sharp's Book, O. S. G. 



194 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

three months' diet at four shillings a week, &c.," Other 
entries referring to him are made, which seem to show that the 
relations between them were not the happiest, perhaps growing 
out of Joseph's youthful fancies, or Friend Sharp's exadling 
policy towards him. There is no doubt, however, that their 
association was of much use to the younger person, since, in 
addition to the moral and religious training which he received, 
his education was improved and advanced through the care of 
his preceptor. The difficulties before named do not appear to 
have destroyed the friendly feeling between them, for, in after 
years, the kind offices of his old master are seen in several 
business transa6lions. 

As time progressed, Joseph took unto himself a wife, and 
settled down to be a good business man and valuable citizen. 
In 1690, he located one hundred and seventeen acres of land 
on the east side of Gravelly run in Gloucester township, adjoin- 
ing a tradl of land which he had previously purchased of Joseph 
Wood, and on which he had settled and first lived after leav- 
ing the house of Thomas Sharp in Newton.® This stream of 
water, sometimes called McGee's branch, is a tributary of the 
north branch of Timber creek, and falls into the same on the 
south side about two miles above Chew's Landing. He soon 
increased the breadth of his acres, so that his possessions 
extended from Gravelly run on the north to Holly run, or 
Sharp's branch, on the south. These he retained through life, 
and gave to his sons by will after his death. 

What could have been the inducement for Joseph Tomlinson 
to purchase and settle on land so far beyond the line of civili- 
zation, is, at this day, difficult to imagine. At that time, 
the settlements had scarcely reached beyond the navigable 
streams, and even there were but few and far apart. Yet, in 
his case, his abode was surrounded with miles of unbroken 
forest; and, was without any neighbors within half a day's 
travel, while large tra6ls of unlocated land were between 
Newton and the place which he had sele6ted for his future 
home, the title of which could have been secured for a mere 
pittance. He had to go some ten miles to attend the Newton 



6 Sharp's Book, O. S. G. 



JOSEPH TOMLINSON. 195 

Meeting, and, if, as a farmer, he took his produce to the 
Philadelphia market, the distance was still increased. True, 
he was within two miles of navigation on Timber creek, but 
it is hardly to be supposed that he kept his boat to carry his 
family to meeting, and himself to market in the city, or to 
court at Gloucester and Red Bank. 

It is needless, however, to speculate upon these things one 
hundred and eighty years after their occurrence; and the con- 
clusion must be that the reasons for such an isolated settlement 
as made by Joseph Tomlinson were sound and sufficient, unto 
his mind at least. His leisure hours in this secluded spot were 
not wasted, for he turned his attention to the reading and 
understanding of the laws of the community of which he 
deemed himself a part, and in which he was soon to fill con- 
spicuous and responsible positions. In examining the appoint- 
ments of the Legislature for Gloucester county, it is seen that he 
was made sheriff in 1695; and, for the year 1696, the following 
may be found, ''King's Attorney, Joseph Tomlinson."'' 

This means that he was made the law officer of the province, 
to defend its honor and dignity, and for the prosecution of all 
offenders against the peace and tranquility of the same. That 
he was first examined as a law student and licensed to pra6lice, 
there can be no question ; and he, therefore, stands as the first 
attorney, according to the record, of Gloucester county. This 
appointment appears to have been made for three years, for, in 
1 700, he was re-appointed to the same position ; which shows 
that his duties were acceptably discharged, and that he retained 
the confidence of those in authority. It will be seen that these 
duties commenced under the proprietary government, as insti- 
tuted by our Quaker ancestors, and extended beyond the sur- 
render to Queen Anne, when the courts were put upon a different 
basis and surrounded by much more parade and display. 

In the first, the stri6lest simplicity was observed, both in the 
manner, and in the means of dispensing justice among the few 
litigants that sought their rights through this channel; for the 
judges who sat were elders in their own religious denomination, 
and regarded such things as essential to the purity of their 



7 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



196 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

belief. It is not too much to say that their Honors remained 
covered while on the bench, wearing their broad-brimmed hats 
and their plain, uncolored coats as an evidence of their disre- 
gard of the customs of the court and the vanities of the flesh. 
In the jury-box, the same thing could be observed ; in the dress 
and demeanor of the bar, the same ; and, when a prisoner was 
charged, the style and phraseology of the language partook of 
all such peculiarities. Perhaps so rigid was the court on this 
point, that no gesture or vehemence was allowed on the part of 
the advocates; and, without regarding the earnestness of the 
talker or the extremity of his case, any breach of decorum was 
deemed a contempt, and punishable accordingly. 

Not so after the surrender. Lord Cornbury, cousin to the 
Queen, and the first governor under her authority, came to the 
United Province, filled with the forms and ceremonies of a 
proud and exa6ling court. 

In 1 700, an a6t was passed making it the duty of the sheriff 
of each county to meet the provincial judges and other officers, 
when riding the circuit, at the verge of his county, to escort 
them to the seat of justice, and then remain in attendance until 
the court adjourned and they were again beyond his bailiwick. 
The costume of the judges consisted of scarlet robes with deep 
facings of black velvet, and powdered wigs adorned with silk 
bags. The lawyers wore black silk gowns and wigs, and all 
the attendants were dressed in a somewhat similar manner.* 
With these innovations, were brought in many new forms and 
rules, putting our Quaker judges completely at fault, and at 
once creating trouble and confusion. Obedience to those in 
authority was a maxim too deeply instilled to be entirely dis- 
regarded, yet the presence of cocked hats, gold lace and side 
arms, was aFmost too much for that forbearance upon which our 
ancestors prided themselves. 

Through all these radical changes Joseph Tomlinson, as prose- 
cutor of the pleas, attended to his duties, though, if very strict 
as a Friend, he saw himself surrounded with much that was 
inconsistent with his notions of propriety, and that taxed his 
patience to the utmost. 



8 Fields's Provincial Courts. 



JOSEPH TOMLINSON. 197 

He probably held the position of prosecutor of the pleas until 
1 710; in this year he was appointed one of the judges of the 
several courts of Gloucester county, for which position he was 
well fitted, after having so much experience in the modes and 
procedures of that branch of the government.^ Whether he 
accepted the position with its observances of form and dress, 
or adhered to the plainness and simplicity of his religious 
associates, does not appear. He remained a member of the 
court until his death, doubtless a useful man therein, from his 
pra6lical knowledge and familiarity with its uses and purposes. 

Many of these formalities were adhered to until after the 
Revolutionary war; in fa(5l, within fifty years of this writing, 
the judges were escorted from the hotel to the court room by 
the sheriff, and constables bearing staves, who, in the large 
counties, made considerable parade. All these have gradually 
fallen into disuse, until the true republican simplicity of our 
ancestors is a noticeable feature about our seats of justice. 

In the year 17 19, Joseph Tomlinson died, leaving his wife 
Elizabeth and the following named children : ^" Ephraim, who 
married Sarah Corbit and Catharine Ridgway; Joseph, who 
married Lydia Wade, of Salem, N. J., and Catharine Fairland, 
of Chester, Pa., (the last in 1738); Ebenezer; Richard; John, 
who married Mary Fairland, of Chester, Pa., in 1736; Othniel, 
who married Mary Marsh, of Salem, N. J. ; William, who mar- 
ried Rebecca Wills; Margaret, who married Edward Borton; 
Elizabeth, who married Bartholomew Wyat, of Salem; Mary, 
who married Samuel Sharp; and Ann, who married Gaunt." 

Bartholomew Wyatt came from Worcestershire, England, to 
Salem county, N. J., about the year 1690. His name first 
occurs in the Salem Meeting records in 1693, when he was 
appointed one of a committee to attend the Quarterly Meeting 
at Newton, Gloucester county, N. J. In the same year (1693), 
he married Sarah- Ashton. They had two children, namely: 
Bartholomew, born 1697, who married Elizabeth Tomlinson; 
and Elizabeth, born 1707, who married Robert Smith. The 
first Bartholomew was a prominent man in the civil affairs of 



9 Learning and Spicer's Laws. 

10 Lib. No. 2, 136. 

11 Lib. No. 4, 122. Lib. No. 5, 308. 



198 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

the county, as well as a6live member of the Society of 
Friends, and one of the largest contributors to the fund for 
the erection of the brick meeting-house which once stood in 
the present graveyard in Salem. He died in 1726. 

The second Bartholomew was also an a6live member of the 
same religious denomination. In 1730, he was recognized as 
a preacher, and much respe6led as a consistent and upright 
man. His wife, in 1732, also appeared as a public Friend, 
whose preaching was acceptable. Bartholomew had two chil- 
dren, Bartholomew and Sarah. The latter married Richard 
Wistar of Philadelphia. 

Ephraim, the oldest son, settled on a tradl of land which 
his father gave him by deed, adjoining the homestead on the 
east, and extending towards the north branch of Timber creek. ^^ 
In 1732, he purchased of the executors of Abraham Porter, 
deceased, six hundred and nineteen acres, lying on both sides 
of the last named stream; which extended his possessions 
nearly to the south branch of Cooper's creek. ^^ He was a 
preacher among Friends, and held in much estimation. A 
testimony from the Haddonfield Meeting is abundant evidence 
of his consistent and exemplary life. He was born in 1695 
and departed this life in 1780, leaving a second wife, Catharine, 
a son, Ephraim, and two daughters, — Elizabeth, who married 
Aaron Lippincott and Mary, who married James Gardiner. " 

To the son Joseph, the father devised the homestead property, 
containing about two hundred acres of land, whereon he settled 
after the death of the testator. During his life he purchased 
considerable real estate. ^^ He deceased in 1758, leaving a 
widow, Catharine, two sons, Joseph and Samuel, and three 
daughters. 

By the will of his father, John took about three hundred 
acres of land higher up Gravelly run, upon which he settled 
and remained until his decease in 1755. His wife survived 
him, and also three children, namely: Isaac; Hannah; and 
Eleanor, who married Josiah Albertson. 

William settled on a farm in Waterford township near Had- 
donfield, which he bought of the executors of John Lord in 



12 Lib. DD, 200, O. S. G. 14 Lib. P, 187. 

13 Lib. P, 230. 15 Lib- M2, 339, O. S. G. 



JOSEPH TOMLINSON. 199 

1733^ he lived there but a short time, as he died in 1737. 
His wife and three sons survived him. They were Samuel, 
who married Ann Burrough ; William ; and Daniel, who married 
Mary Bates. ^^ 

Othniel, who married Mary Marsh in 1744, first settled in 
Salem county, and, in the year 1753, removed to Chester 
county, Pennsylvania, to a place within control of the Con- 
cord Monthly Meeting. Othniel died in 1756.^' 

By this marriage there was but one child, Mary, who married 
Samuel Hibberd in 1770, and who had seven daughters. In 
1760, the widow married Aaron Ashbridge. It is not known 
whether there was any issue by this marriage. ^^ 

It is probable that others of the sons deceased in their 
minority, and the daughters, following the fortunes of their 
husbands, have long since been lost sight of in the genealog- 
ical labyrinth built up through this lapse of years. The family 
has not, however, lost its identity with the first settler, and 
much of the landed estate owned by him still remains in the 
name. Of the life of the subje6l of this sketch, there are 
doubtless very many interesting incidents, which, by patient 
research among the musty records still extant, could be brought 
to light, and would show much of the history of his times, 
in conne6lion with the progress of the people in their social, 
judicial and political condition; and which would contrast 
strangely with such as pervade our system at the present day. 
That he was a progressive man is shown by his sele6ling his 
home so far from the first settlements, in the depth of the 
wilderness, surrounded only by the aborigines, where nothing 
but industry and perseverance could procure him a farm. 

In connexion with these difficulties he became proficient in 
legal knowledge. He, therefore, attra6led the attention of the 
community, and was called to fill the responsible positions 
before named. These things, when viewed from a proper stand- 
point, stamp him as a man whose career through life is worthy 
of being traced and recorded, and who deserves a much better 
biography than the foregoing brief and imperfe6l notice. 



16 Old Deeds, not recorded. 

17 Records of Salem Friends' Meeting. 

18 Goshen and Wilmington Meetings, Pa. and Del 



200 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

It is perhaps proper, in this conne6lion, to mention that John 
Tomlinson located and settled on a tra6l of land at the Indian 
town of Oneanickon, or Mount Carmel, in the year 1685.^^ 
This, place was in Springfield township, Burlington county, 
near the old Copany meeting-house. He resided here until 
1 69 1, when he sold the same to Matthew Champion, and 
removed from that locality. It is likely that he was a brother 
of Joseph, and that he may have settled with him, on the head 
of Timber creek, as he sold about the time of Joseph's purchase 
at that place. Of his family nothing is known, and all of the 
above in relation to him, except the location and sale of the 
land, is conje6lure. 



19 Revel's Book, 77, 



SAMUEL COLE. 



SAMUEL COLE and his wife Elizabeth emigrated from 
Cole's Hill, Hertfordshire, England, and landed on the 
Jersey shore above Philadelphia. His name does not appear 
among those given by Smith or Gordon in their histories of 
the first settlements of New Jersey ; the reason for which may 
be that he came as a servant with but little estate. 

He was a haberdasher and hatter, and, in all probability, 
plied his calling after his arrival here.' He came among the 
first of the emigrants, and made judicious sele6lion of his land 
whereon to seat himself, but, for some reason, soon after he 
had ere6led a dwelling, he sold his first location and removed 
further into the country. The return of this survey bears date 
3d month, 13th, A. D. 1682. It includes five hundred acres 
of land on the north side of the mouth of Cooper's creek and 
fronting on the river. '^ William Cooper, who emigrated from 
the same place, had settled on the opposite side of the stream 
in the midst of an Indian village, and "over against" the 
Indian town of Shackomaxin, so that Samuel Cole's plantation 
was not far from other habitations of man, although in the midst 
of the primeval forest. Being a neighbor to William Cooper 
at Cole's Hill, he again finds himself near by; from this it 
may be inferred that he was governed in his choice by the 



1 Lib. G2, 33. 

2 Revel's Book, i 



202 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

advice and dire6lion of his former associate and friend. A few 
settlements were made near him, bounding upon the creek and 
laying higher up the stream, that water course at that time being 
the only highway upon which the people traveled to and from 
the city of Philadelphia. 

He was, perhaps, one of the creditors of Edward Byllynge, 
as, in 1676, William Penn and the other trustees conveyed to 
him and Benjamin Bartlet one-ninetieth part of a share of pro- 
priety; under which he claimed the title to the land by him 
taken up.^* Although this was a small portion, yet it placed 
him upon an equal footing with the largest holders as touching 
the political affairs of the colony; under this right he was 
afterwards called to fill several important offices. 

Samuel Cole cleared a few acres and built a house on the land 
which he had located, but soon after sold the buildings and one 
hundred acres of his survey to Henry Wood, who occupied the 
same.* In 1687, he sold the balance of the survey to Samuel 
Spicer, as well as a quantity of rights, which Spicer soon appro- 
priated.^ He had other lands at the same place, which were 
disposed of to settlers thereabout. 

Upon the sale of his dwelling and part of his estate on the 
Delaware to Henry Wood, he removed to a place called Penis- 
aukin and purchased five hundred acres of Jeremiah Richards 
(1685), "^1"'*^ h^^ previously ere6led buildings thereon and cleared 
some land.' This was near the settlement of William Matlack, 
Timothy Hancock and others, but on the south side of the creek 
that now bears that name. The rights under which Richards 
had made his survey, he purchased of Henry Stacy, who had 
emigrated to New Jersey, but soon returned to England, where 
he deceased. Like most of the settlers, he had not been long the 
owner, before he gave his place the name of "New Orchard," 
which name was remembered for many years, but has long since 
been lost sight of. This plantation was near the head of the 
south branch of the stream before named, but has years ago 
lost its identity by the division and sub-division, sale and trans- 
fer, incident to real estate in New Jersey. Several other adjoin- 



3 Lib. A, 4. 6 Lib, G, iii, 

4 Lib. G2, 33. 7 Lib. B, 75. 

5 Lib. B, 66. 



SAMUEL COLE. 203 

ing surveys were made by him, and, at his death, he was the 
owner of more than one thousand acres of land, then in 
unbroken forest, but now many valuable farms.® The dire6l 
and collateral branches of this family are still owners of much 
of this land. 

Samuel Cole had much to do in the political troubles of the 
province ; among which was the settlement of the boundary line 
between the counties of Burlington and Gloucester, and in 
which he was personally interested, as his land lay on the 
stream of water and on both sides of the highway where the 
trouble existed. He was a member of the Legislature in the 
years 1683 and 1685, in which last year commissioners were 
appointed to fix the line, who settled it to be from the forks 
of Penisaukin, up the south branch to the Salem road; then 
along the road to the north branch of the same creek; thence 
to the head thereof; and thence upon a southeast course to 
the utmost boundary.' With this boundary the people about 
Penisaukin were dissatisfied, and, in 1693, the a6l was set aside, 
and the present line was agreed upon about the year 1700. 

A few years after Samuel Cole had settled at New Orchard, 
he returned to England to arrange some unsettled business; in 
coming back to New Jersey, the vessel touched at the island of 
Barbadoes, Avhere he was taken sick and died. At this place 
there was a large settlement of Friends, many of whom had 
been banished from England during the religious troubles, and 
many others of whom had gone into voluntary exile, to join 
their connexions and to be free from intolerance and bigotry. 

Samuel and Elizabeth Cole had but two children, — Samuel, 
who married Mary, a daughter of Thomas Kendall ; and Sarah, 
who married James Wild. 

Thomas Kendall, above named, came to New Jersey as one 
of the servants of Daniel Wills. Being a bricklayer, he was a 
useful man in the province. He built the first corn mill in 
Gloucester county, in 1697 (now Evans's, near Haddonfield), 
and became the owner of considerable real estate. As Samuel 
Cole died intestate, and his widow was appointed administratrix 

8 Basse's Book, 29. 

q Learning & Spicer's Laws. 



204 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

ninth month, 23d, 1693, the whole of his real estate descended 
to his son Samuel, who occupied the same until his death in 
1728.^° He was a man of some political aspirations, having 
been appointed sheriff in 1710, in 1713 and in 1724. He left 
a will, " and the following named children : Samuel, who mar- 
ried Mary Lippincott; Joseph, who married Mary Wood; 
Thomas, who married Hannah Stokes; Kendall, who married 
Ann Budd ; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Burcham and Ben- 
jamin Cooper; Mary, who married Edward Tonkins; Susanna, 
who married William Budd; and Rachel, who married Enoch 
Roberts. 

In 1739, the devisees of the second Samuel Cole re-surveyed 
the original estate, which shows how their ancestors held it. 
The old house, as eredled by the first Samuel Cole, is shown 
on the map, and is now (1877) standing, but it has been 
long since abandoned as a dwelling. It is built of logs, is one 
story high, has two windows and one door. It stands in the 
door yard of the farm, formerly Joseph H. Cole's, deceased. 
It is used for various purposes and is fast going to decay. 
Another generation, and it will be forgotten. 

James Wild was a wheelwright, and settled on the north side 
of the south branch of Penisaukin creek, on five acres of land, 
which he purchased of John Cowperthwaite in 171 2, and at but 
a short distance from the residence of his father-in-law. He 
died in 1731, leaving a will.^^ His children were James, Sam- 
uel, John, Sarah (who married Jonathan Thomas), Jonathan, 
Elizabeth, and Rachel. His widow Rachel, who was a second 
wife, survived him. In his will he speaks of Alexander Morgan 
as his brother-in-law, but how such relation existed, cannot at 
this writing be discovered. Four years after, his widow Rachel 
died, intestate, but leaving some considerable estate. Of this 
family nothing is known at the present day, as none of the 
name have lived in this region for many years ; and the above 
defe6live sketch is only here introduced, that something may be 
gathered therefrom of interest to such as search with better 
facilities and greater success. 



10 Gloucester Files, li 

11 Lib. No. 3, 02. 

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SAMUEL COLE. 205 

Within the bounds of the land of which Samuel Cole died, 
seized, on the west side of the King's road from Salem to 
Burlington, and about one-half mile south of Penisaukin creek, 
stands St. Mary's church, better known, however, as "the 
old Cole's Town Church," having been always under the 
control of the Protestant Episcopal denomination of New 
Jersey. The history of this church' dates back into the begin- 
ning of the eighteenth century, and, in all probability, had 
its origination in the Keithean controversy, which separated 
many Quaker families from the religious do6lrines as laid down 
by George Fox, and, as a consequence, drew them around the 
dissenter whose talent and eloquence made the tenets of his 
new belief attra6live and acceptable wherever he preached. 

After his separation from Friends, brought about by contro- 
versy upon do6lrinal points and church discipline, both in 
America and before the yearly meetings of London, he came 
again to the colonies under the patronage of the "Society for 
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," established 
in London by a few members of the church of England. He 
traveled through most of the towns and villages from Massa- 
chusetts to South Carolina, seeking for his proselytes among 
the members of the society from which he had been expelled, 
and established churches in many places where sufficient num- 
bers of his followers lived in the same neighborhood. In his 
journal, which was published before his death, he says: "Sep- 
tember 15th, 1703, I preached at the house of William Heulings 
in West Jersey," which was but a short distance from where 
the old church stands, and this may be safely accepted as the 
beginning of St. Mary's church at Colestown. Although not 
all the requirements of a religious organization were complied 
with at once, yet the interest then and there commenced was 
never lost sight of or abandoned, simply for want of numbers; 
and the intervals of religious service at the dwelling houses 
of such adherents as resided thereabout, were never so wi4ely 
separated as to destroy the connedlion of George Keith's 
preaching in 1703 with the ultimate success and establish- 
ment of the church. 



2o6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The first building was ere6led about the year 1752, and 
was repaired in 1825, without any change as to the interior 
arrangement. In subsequent years, and after the same religious 
denomination had ere6led churches at Camden, Moorestown 
and Haddonfield, the old house was suffered to fall into decay, 
and well nigh tumbled to the ground ; but a few of the 
descendaijts of the old families that worshiped there, with 
commendable liberality and good taste, in 1866 again repaired 
the old house, faithfully preserving its ancient form and anti- 
quated appearance. 

In further connedlion with this matter, John Rudderow, who 
emigrated from England about the year 1680, and who lived in 
Chester township, Burlington county, N. J., between the north 
and south branches of Penisaukin creek, and died in 1729, 
inserted the following clause in his will: "I give ten pounds 
towards the building of a church in that place to be convenient 
hereaway."" This man, who settled at the place in which he 
deceased, was an Episcopalian, and was, no doubt, a participant 
in the religious quarrel of which George Keith was the leader; 
around him most of the few families in that region colle6led, 
and formed the body of the church. His education (he 
having graduated as a lawyer in England), and influence in 
the neighborhood as an upright and conscientious man, would 
make him, next after Keith, the principal person in such an 
enterprise, and the devise made in his will shows clearly what 
was in contemplation even at that early day, and how desirous 
he was that such an enterprise should be carried out. 

After the lapse of a few years, another incident occurred, that 
establishes an additional link in the history of this church, and 
that may be held quite as reliable as the devise of John Rud- 
derow, before named; and is, in fadt, the conne(Sting link that 
unites beyond controversy its earlier and latter days. To the 
perseverance and care of Asa Matlack is due what is recorded of 
the^ sayings of Abigail Rudderow (widow of William, who was a 
grandson of the first John,) touching this matter. This lady 
was a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Spicer, and of remark- 
able intelligence and memory. She was born in 1742, and lived 



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SAMUEL COLE. 207 

to the age of eighty-three. She always resided in the neigh- 
borhood, and, doubtless, was conversant with every matter of 
moment which occurred in that sedlion of the country. She 
was married when she was about sixteen years of age, and lived 
to see her descendants multiplied in more than ordinary pro- 
portion, and scattered through the various States of the Union. 
Relative to the traditions in question, her own version of it is 
more interesting than any other : 

"At nine years of age I was baptised at the church by Dr. 
Jenny, which at that time was being built, the roof being on 
and the weather-boarding up as high as the window sills. The 
ground had been previously consecrated by Dr. Jenny from 
Philadelphia." 

This gentleman, the Rev. Robert Jenney, A. M., came to 
New York as chaplain in the royal army stationed in that city. 
In 1722, he was chosen re6lor of the church at Rye, in West 
Chester county. New York, but only remained there four years. 
He removed to Hempstead on Long Island, and afterwards to 
Philadelphia as re6lor of Christ church. He died in 1762, 
aged seventy-five years." 

This baptism, which occurred in 1751, and was so likely to 
be remembered by Abigail Spicer, fixes the eredlion of the 
church beyond a question. Its subsequent history from that 
time to 1825, the year of her decease, was familiar to her; and 
how great the regret that some person had not saved it from 
loss ! Being placed upon social equality with the clergy who 
officiated there, her knowledge of their coming, time of service 
and removal, was reliable, and would have made the reminis- 
cences of the old chapel of deep interest to such as emulate 
their forefathers in worshiping around its altar. 

The births, baptisms, marriages and burials, were incidents 
. that would naturally attra6l more or less attention in a rural 
distri6l ; and, with a person whose religious feeling was centred 
in that spot, they would be indelibly marked upon the memory. 
Although many years have intervened between the incidents 
connedled with this ancient church, yet they are so linked 



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2o8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

together, and relate so plainly to the same obje6l, that its 
history can be traced through the times of its usefulness with- 
out uncertainty or doubt; just as among the land marks of a 
long negle6ted pathway that time and circumstances have, in 
the lapse of years, well nigh destroyed, enough is sometimes 
left to trace its dire6lion and discover its place. Events are 
evanescent, passing from the memory, never, perhaps, to be 
re-called, and, but for the care of some, to make a record 
thereof, would in a few decades be forgotten. 

The high, boxed pulpit, the small, narrow chancel, the dark, 
ill arranged galleries, and the badly shaped, uncushioned benches, 
leave no doubt that this stru6lure was erecSled long before com- 
fort was regarded, or convenience studied. The outside appear- 
ance is plain and unpretending ; without steeple or belfrey, 
stained windows or arched roof, it stands, the evidence of 
simplicity in the taste of our forefathers, and of the little 
means which they had to expend in such an edifice. 

Around the building, and in the small burial ground origin- 
ally attached, lay the remains of those who worshiped within 
its walls from time to time, and who, in the fulness of their 
days, passed to the same account as those before them, strength- 
ening the links of fraternal regard that have connected genera- 
tion with generation unto the present day. 

Of the ministers who have supplied this church at various 
periods, there is no continuous record. All, however, have adled 
in the capacity of missionaries, the church standing in a thinly 
settled neighborhood, and being several miles from any town. 
William Sturgeon (the assistant of Dr. Jenny, who was then 
re6lor of Christ church, Philadelphia,) visited the people once 
in each month while the house was in progress of building. 
Nathaniel Evans, a young man of finished education and great 
talent, had charge also of St. Mary's and the church at Glou- 
cester, and resided with his parents at Haddonfield. He was 
admitted to holy orders by Dr. Terrick of London, and came 
immediately to New Jersey in discharge of his duties. He was 
a man of much literary taste, and a volume of his poems was 
published after his death, a copy of which may be found in the 
Franklin Library of Philadelphia. He followed Mr. Sturgeon 



SAMUEL COLE. 209 

and took charge of the church when finished, and there he 
preached for six years. He died 06lober 29th, 1767, at the 
age of twenty-five, and was buried at Christ church, Philadel- 
phia. An interval of five years now occurred, when Robert 
Blackwell was sele6led, November 19th, 1772. He married 
Rebecca, a daughter of Joseph Harrison, and resided in Had- 
donfield. During the Revolutionary war, he became a chaplain 
in the army, and the church was again left without regular 
service. 

Henry Miller, president of the college of Philadelphia, was 
his successor, and he was soon followed by the Reverend John 
Wade. He died in 1799. His remains were interred in front 
of the main entrance to the church, the stone that marks his 
grave at this day being buried beneath the soil. 

Samuel Sprague, who lived in Mount Holly, and ministered 
in spiritual things to the people of that region of country, 
occasionally preached here. Andrew Fowler, next followed ; in 
the quaint language of the recorder, *'he had a wife and three 
children and three churches under his charge." When he was 
there, or how long he remained, is not known. After him came 
Levi Heath, of Burlington, and then Samuel Pussey, who was 
the cause of much trouble in the church. He was an impostor, 
having produced the ordination papers and their accompanying 
documents of a clergyman who died on the passage over with 
him. With these testimonials he was accepted as a minister, 
and so continued until the truth was discovered. In succession 
came Daniel Higbee in 1807, and, after him, Richard Hall. 

The last named person preached there in the year 1811. 
Since that time, various vicissitudes have befallen the old chapel. 
As before stated, these fa6ls were gathered by Asa Matlack from 
Abigail Rudderow, and may be relied upon as correal. 

The oldest legible stone now standing in the yard is that of 
Philip Wallace, who was there buried in 1746, aged eighty-two 
years ; and dated in the same year is that of Mary Wallace, his 
wife, aged eighty. 

These were among the first English settlers about the mouth 
of the Penisaukin creek, and were Friends until the schism 
caused by George Keith, when they became his followers and 

14 



2IO FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

were identified with the church of England. The name is 
sometimes differently spelled, but the family is the same. 

In 1760, Humphrey Day and Jane, his wife, were buried here, 
the first being seventy-five, and the latter, sixty-five years of age. 
They lived on the north side of Cooper's creek, owning part 
of the estate lately held by the Shivers family. He was, 
perhaps, a son of Steeven Deay (as he spelled it), who was 
a resident of Chester township, Burlington county, in 1696. 

Elias Toy was here interred in 1762, aged forty-seven years. 
His residence was in the last named county near the river shore, 
where part of his land still remains in the name. He was a 
descendant of one of the Swedish families who settled on the 
shores of the Delaware long before the English came, and 
whose ancestors worshiped at Tinakum and Wicaco, much 
after the faith and forms of the Protestant Episcopal church 
of the present day. 

Many of the rude, rough monuments ere<5led there to point 
to the resting place of friends and families have yielded to time 
and exposure, showing at this date only parts of letters and 
figures, from which nothing definite can be deciphered. 

If a descendant of "Old Mortality" had chanced here a 
hundred years ago, wandering through the country, clad in 
hodden gray, with black cloth leggins and strong clouted 
shoes, riding upon a white pony around whose neck there 
hung a canvass pouch containing his tools, following the bent 
of his ancestor with the same sincere devotion, he would have 
found here abundant room to gratify his strange, but commend- 
able vocation. 

Here, day after day, could have been seen his faithful beast, 
tethered among the graves, to seek, as best he could, a pre- 
carious living, while his master sat upon the defaced tomb- 
stones, striving, with chisel and hammer, to restore the almost 
worn-out names and dates to their original freshness. Refus- 
ing any reward, save the bare entertainment of himself and 
beast, his a6ts would have been held in grateful remembrance 
by those who, but for him, might have sought in vain for 
relatives or friends in this long negledled spot. Considering 
it a religious duty and upon himself incumbent, nothing would 



SAMUEL COLE. 211 

have hindered him except his answers to the words of some 
observer curious to know his obje6l, and then, only to clear 
his glasses and arrange his tools, the better to prosecute the 
work before him. The task completed, and his pony sad- 
dled for his departure, he, perchance, would have repeated the 
memorable language of his predecessor in view of the kind offices 
extended to him. "The blessing of our Master be with you. 
My hours are like the ears of the latter harvest, but your days 
are in the spring ; yet you may be gathered into the garner of 
mortality before me, for the sickle of death cuts down the green 
as oft as the ripe ; and there is a colour in your cheek that, like 
the bud of the rose, serveth oft to hide the worm of corruption. 
Wherefore labour as one who knoweth not when his master 
calleth. And, if it be my lot to return to this spot after ye 
are gone home to your own place, these old withered hands 
will frame a stone of memorial that your name may not perish 
from among the people." 

Other associations than these are, however, around this place. 
Along the King's road, which passed close to the door, traveled 
all those going north or south to various parts of the province, 
when our State was in its infancy, and the dwellings of the 
settlers were separated by miles of forest ; while here stood 
the church in a lonely spot, like an oasis in the wilderness, 
inviting the travelers to rest under the shade of the broad 
topped oaks that grew near. If it were an ancient burial place 
of the Indians, none of the tribes but would pause, in going 
to their hunting grounds, to show their reverence for the 
graves of their fathers. 

Along this highway moved the contending armies during the 
Revolutionary war, and, no doubt, the doors of the church 
were open alike to friend or foe. Here, under the prote6lion 
of the standard of St. George, listened British officers to the 
preaching of their chaplains, resting on their way to carnage 
and death, to hear the persuasive eloquence of the teachers 
of religion. Here, likewise, may the immortal Washington 
have laid aside his sword, and, kneeling at the little chancel, 
have partaken of the Holy Communion, after the re6lor had 
preached "peace on earth and good will to men." Here, the 



212 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

representatives of the King acknowledged the same religious 
creed that the early teachings of a mother had left upon the 
then impressible memory of the great commander. 

In this connedlion, it is gratifying to know that this relic 
of olden times has been preserved to the present generation, 
through the liberality of those who regard the days of their 
ancestors and hold fast to antiquated things. Would that more 
were like them. 

Elizabeth, the widow of the first Samuel Cole, married Grif- 
fith Morgan, who was a mariner, and resided in Philadelphia. 
The license of marriage was granted by the chancellor of 
Pennsylvania, and bears date December loth, 1693. In 1697, 
he purchased a tra6l of land of William Frampton, situated in 
Gloucester county near the mouth of Penisaukin creek, whereon 
he settled, and remained until his decease. He also owned 
other land in Gloucester county, as, in 1677, he purchased 
real estate of David Lloyd and Isaac Norris. The issue of this 
marriage was one son, — Alexander, who married Hannah, the 
daughter of Joseph and Lydia Cooper, and grand-daughter 
of William the first settler. Alexander remained on the home- 
stead estate, which, before his death, became valuable. The 
children of Alexander and Hannah Morgan were Joseph, who 
married Agnes Evans; Benjamin, who married Jane Roberts; 
Isaac ; Mary, who married Edmund Hollingshead ; Elizabeth, 
who married William Miller ; Lydia, who married Nathan 
Beeks; and Sarah, who married Josiah Burrough. Both the 
Coles and the Morgans that came from the same maternal 
ancestors are, at this time, conne6led with the most respe(5lable 
families in the country, and have spread through all the United 
States. 



SAMUEL NICHOLSON. 



AMONG the few persons who ventured with John Fenwick 
across the ocean to make the first settlement upon the 
land in which he had become interested by purchase from Lord 
John Berkley in 1673, were Samuel Nicholson, his wife Ann, 
and their children. They came from Wiston, in Nottingham- 
shire, England, in the ship "Griffith" of London, Robert 
Griffin, master. They arrived in the Delaware river upon the 
9th month, 23d, 1675. Their children were as follows: 

Parabol, born second month, 7th, 1659; 
Elizabeth, born third month, 2 2d, 1664; 
Samuel, born eighth month, 30th, 1666; 
Joseph, born second month, 30th, 1669 ; 
Abel, born fifth month, 2d, 1672.' 

This little company ended their voyage upon the river Dela- 
ware, at Elsinburg, where they found a few Swedes, some 
Indians, and myriads of mosquitoes, of which last they had heard 
but little previously, although they now were among the first to 
make their acquaintance. They were the pioneers of the English 
colonists, and, but for the sanguine temperament and deter- 
mined chara6ler of their leader, might have allowed the dis- 
couragements that surrounded them to induce an abandonment 
of the undertaking, and a return to their homes. There could 
be nothing in the ])rospe6l before them that was in the least 



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214 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

inviting; to the females, especially, it must have been dark 
indeed. They could not expe6l to obtain anything from the 
soil for more than a year, for it was still covered with timber, 
and in no condition for raising a crop. The feelings of the 
Indians towards them were yet to be discovered, and, if their 
condu6l towards those who had preceded them in the Massa- 
chusetts colony, was to be an index, they derived but little 
comfort in that dire6lion. 

The Dutch and the Swedes had driven off a colony of emi- 
grants who came from New Haven in 1641, and had made a 
settlement on "Varken's kill" now Salem creek; and, at the 
time when Fenwick came, no vestige of their habitations could 
be found. The jealousy of these people, as well as the suspicions 
of the Indians, had to be overcome, and no small degree of 
diplomacy was exercised to steer clear of these difficulties that 
surrounded them at once. 

The High Court at Upland had judicial authority over the 
Dutch and the Swedes on the eastern shore of the river, and 
the church at Tinacum was the place whither they all went to 
attend to their religious duties, and to have their children chris- 
tened. These were powers and prejudices hard to overcome, 
and so antagonistic to the theory and pra6lice of those who 
now proposed to make a settlement, that no compromise could 
reconcile the differences; and, to a disinterested spe6tator, 
this state of affairs would appear likely to lead to difficulty 
and trouble. Although John Fenwick was impetuous and hasty 
in much that he did when opposed, especially when his abso- 
lute authority over the land of which he claimed to be the owner 
was questioned, yet the forbearance and good counsel of those 
who were with him, prevented any trouble with his neighbors, 
so far as the management of their religious affairs was concerned. 

Immediately after, or, perhaps, before they had landed, "the 
agreements" between the patroon and the planters were drawn 
up and signed by each of them. These may now be seen in 
the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, in a good state 
of preservation.^ The document is dated June 28th, 1675; it 
embodies all the elements of a good government, and upon 



2 Salem Records. 



SAMUEL NICHOLSON. 215 

this was afterwards established the kind of authority that made 
the colony a desirable place for settlement. Among the thirty- 
three persons who put their signatures to this paper, and who 
were mostly heads of families, may be found the name of Samuel 
Nicholson, signed by his own hand, which, by its style, shows 
him to have been a man of some education. 

Steps were immediately taken to extinguish the Indian title; 
this was done for a satisfadtory consideration, by three deeds 
from several chiefs, who held the territory bounded by several 
large streams, by which the grants were defined therein. This 
was a proper and just movement, and, although the privileges 
of the aborigines were not abridged in their hunting and fishing 
expeditions, yet their ideas of right were met and satisfied, to 
the avoidance of any trouble in the future. 

As soon as abodes were provided for their families, which 
consisted of the humblest kind of habitations, a religious 
meeting was established after the order of the Society of 
Friends, and held at private houses for several years.* These 
meetings took place twice in each week for divine worship, and 
once in each month for church discipline. It is curious and 
interesting to examine the records of the Friends meeting at 
that place, and to notice the various movements taken to secure 
a locality for public worship. 

Upon the fourth month, 2d, 1679, Richard Guy, Edward 
Bradway, Nathan Smart and Edward Wade were appointed to 
go on the seventh instant, and sele6l a place for a meeting 
house and burial ground, and to report at the next monthly 
meeting. Upon the eleventh month, 5th, 1679, Edward 
Wade, James Nevil, John Maddox and George Deacon were 
appointed a committee to treate with Samuel Nicholson and 
William Penton for their houses and plantations in Salem; 
and, also, to see the widow Salter about her plantation, &c. 
Upon the twelfth month, 2d, 1679, George Deacon, John 
Maddox, George Azeheard and Henry Jennings were appointed 
to take a view of Edward Bradway' s house for a meeting house. 

At this meeting a minute was made, fixing fourth day and first 
day as the times for religious worship ; the first of which meet- 



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2i6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

ings was to be held at Robert Zane's house, the next at Samuel 
Nicholson's house, and tlie next at Richard Guy's house. This 
arrangement put at rest, for a short time, the troul)le about a 
meeting house; and not until the seventh of the fourth month, 
in the next year, does anything further relative to the subje6l 
appear. Then the subscription list was entered, showing who 
contributed, and the amount given by each person. 

Upon the ninth month, ist, 1680, another committee was 
appointed, to treate with Edward Champneys for a lot on which 
to build a meeting house and a burial lot, and to report at the 
next Monthly Meeting. Soon after this, some arrangement had 
been made with Samuel Nicholson for his property, for on the 3d 
of the eleventh month, 1680, John Thompson and Robert Zane 
were appointed to look after the repairing of Samuel Nichol- 
son's house (.ktely by him occupied) for a meeting house, "and 
forthwith get said house fit for Friends to meet in." 

The next year, Samuel Nicholson and Ann, his wife, con- 
veyed to the trustees of the Salem meeting his sixteen acre 
lot, whereon stood the house aforesaid ; and the same com- 
mittee was dire6led to enlarge the house by adding "sixteen 
feet in length, and in height equal to the old frame, with a 
chimney and pair of stairs." For some reason, this was not 
done until tlie next year, when another committee was named 
for that purpose. Samuel Nicholson's house was, therefore, the 
first building set apart for public religious worship in West 
New Jersey. Various alterations were subsequently made in 
the arrangement of the galleries, and in the mode of heating. 
This latter was done by large, open fire places built in the ends 
of the house, — a method which did much to preserve a circula- 
tion of pure air in the room, but very little towards making 
it comfortably warm. Several attempts were made to have 
the floor constru6led of boards; but they failed, as, on the 
twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, 1687, Benjamin 
Knapton and Thomas Woodroose were appointed a committee 
to have both the old and the new end of the meeting house 
floored with a "good clay floor," and to have it ready before 
the yearly meeting. The windows consisted of four panes 
each, of thick bull's-eye glass, seven inches by nine in size. 



SAMUEL NICHOLSON. 217 

and set in heavy sash. The doors were clumsy and small, cut 
horizontally in two parts, and had long iron hinges and wooden 
latch. Imagine a large open fire place in each end, no ceiling 
under the roof, and the benches without backs or cushions, and 
some idea of the inside appearance of this place of worship 
may be had. Forty-feet in front and sixteen feet in depth, 
part of frame and part of brick, and, perhaps, ten feet in 
heighth of story — these items give a fair description of the 
outside of a building which, at this day, would be looked upon 
as an odd stru6ture for such uses. 

The first Yearly Meeting held at Salem was on the fifteenth 
day of the second month, 1684; but the Burlington Friends 
negle6led to send a committee, — a matter duly noticed. The 
next Yearly Meeting there held was on the twelfth day of the 
second month, 1687; afterwards, the time for such meetings was 
changed to the twenty-seventh day of the second month, and so 
yearly, "from inconveniences and impediments being seen in 
the meeting falling out so early in the spring." These meet- 
ings were continued at that place for several years, making it 
clear that Friends thereabout were able to entertain, and that 
their place of worship had capacity to receive the strangers thus 
coming among them. 

At the Yearly Meeting held in Salem in the second month, 
from the twenty-seventh to the thirty-first, 1693, George Keith 
appeared with his friends, and laid before the meeting their 
proposals for the settlement of the differences among them. 
These were in the shape of several propositions, covering the 
points at issue and discussing the reasons for their adoption. 
This led to much controversy, and to the final separation of 
many members from the society. These proposals were signed 
by Jeremiah Collat, John Penrose, Nathaniel Sykes, Anthony 
Taylor, Samuel Cooper, Isaac Jacobs, James Shattuck, Samuel 
Adams, George Keith, Thomas Budd, Henry Furnass, Nicholas 
Pierce, Robert Granna, William Budd, Benjamin Morgan, 
Thomas Withers and Andrew Griscom. 

Thomas Sharp of Newton was clerk, at that time, of the Yearly 
Meeting, wherein, no doubt, much excitement existed, and 
many controversies were had touching the merits of the matters 



21 8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

before them, which so sadly vexed the church. The persons 
who signed the proposals with George Keith were influential in 
the communities in which they lived, and were well calculated 
to draw many other valuable members with them to the new 
dogmas, as laid down by this bold and popular dissenter. 

The arrival of new settlers, the frugality and industry of the 
old ones, and the evident success of the colony, made it neces- 
sary that some new and better accommodations should be had 
for the religious meetings held in that place. The old house 
met the wants of the society for several years; but, on the 
twenty-ninth day of the sixth month, 1698, a committee of the 
Monthly Meeting was appointed to "have a new meeting-house 
ere6led." In the same year they agreed with Richard Wood- 
nutt to do the brick work, and Robert Gillman to do the wood 
work. Matters did not go far, however, before the meeting 
decided that the house according to the plan would prove too 
small, and ordered it to be increased to one of forty feet in 
front by thirty feet in depth. Whether it was ere6led on the 
site of the old one does not appear, but the capacity of the 
new was not very much greater than the old house, nor were 
its proportion any better. 

On the thirtieth day of the first month, 1702, the committee 
reported the building finished, and that the entire cost was four 
hundred and twenty-five pounds, thirteen shillings and two 
pence. The long list of subscribers, and the amount of money 
severally paid, show how rapidly the neighborhood was being 
occupied, and the increase of wealth among the inhabitants. 
Several Friends in other parts contributed ; Samuel Carpenter, 
then a resident of Philadelphia, gave fifteen pounds; Samuel 
Jennings of Burlington gave five pounds, and many others con- 
tributed, who doubtless were frequent visitors, and felt an interest 
in the comfort and convenience of this religious society. 

Next after the patroon, Samuel Nicholson was, perhaps, the 
wealthiest man in the colony at that time, as he appears to have 
made several large surveys of land in the county, and also sev- 
eral purchases of real estate. He did not remain in Salem 
many years, but removed to a plantation which he owned upon 



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SAMUEL NICHOLSON. 219 

Alloway's creek or Monmouth river, as it was then called, 
where he died in 1685, intestate.* He took an a6live part in 
the religious and political advancement of the colony, but does 
not appear to have participated very much in the difificulties 
of John Fenwick with the Dutch and the English authorities. 
They claimed that he was a usurper, and must, consequently, 
be driven away or imprisoned; this latter misfortune befell him, 
much to his discomfiture and pecuniary loss. The oath of 
Samuel Nicholson to show his allegiance to the government 
of John Fenwick is here copied, it being the same that was 
taken by most of the planters upon their arrival : 

"I, Samuel Nicholson, of the Town of New Salem, in Fen- 
wick Colony, in the Province of New Caesarea or New Jersey 
in America, Planter, do hereby declare and promise that I will 
endeavor to promote the honor of Almighty God in all my 
undertakings, who is the King of Kings and requires all men 
to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God ; 
and, accordingly, I do further declare and promise that I will 
bear true allegiance to the King of England, his heirs and 
successors, and also that I will be faithful to the interest of 
John Fenwick, Lord or Chief Proprietor of the said colony, 
his heirs. Executors and assigns, and endeavour the peace and 
welfare of him, them and of his said Colony accordingly. In 
witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this July 5th, 
1676, in the twenty-eighth year of the Reign of King Charles 
Second, &c."^ 

Samuel Nicholson must have been a favorite of the patroon, 
for he gave him his choice of lots in the town of Salem, which 
contained sixteen acres with a tra6l of marsh fronting on the 
creek. On this tra6t of sixteen acres he built his house, which, 
afterwards, was used by the Friends as the place of meeting 
before named. 

Ann, the wife of Samuel Nicholson, survived him and died 
in 1694. Of the children, Parabol married Abraham Strand in 
1677; Elizabeth married John Abbott; Samuel died in 1694, 
without family and immarried; Abel married Mary, a daughter 



5 Salem Surveys, 1676. 



2 20 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of William Tyler; and Joseph married Hannah, a daughter of 
Henry Wood, in 1695.® 

John Abbott and his wife Elizabeth deceased before Ann 
Nicholson, leaving three children, Rachel, Mary and Elizabeth. 
Abel settled in Elsinboro on the homestead property, and died 
in 1 75 1.' His children by his first wife were Sarah, Rachel, 
Abel, Joseph, William, Mary, John ; Ruth, who married John 
Evans and Samuel Clement ; Samuel, who married Sarah Den- 
nis; and Ann, who married John Brick. His second wife, 
Isabella, survived him. 

In the Friends' meeting at Salem there was, perhaps, no 
more influential and adlive person than Abel Nicholson. The 
minutes show that upon almost every important committee he 
was named. Among the young people he seems to have been 
a particular favorite, as scarcely a wedding occurred in which 
his name may not be found among those who attended on 
behalf of the meeting, to see that everything was condu6led 
in an orderly manner. 

Upon the death of Bartholomew Wyatt, he was appointed 
to fill his place as one of the overseers of the meeting, and, 
in 1733. was made an elder. In 1729, he married Isabella 
Daniels, but by this marriage there was probably no issue. 
Some of his children came into Gloucester and Burlington 
counties ; through whom some of the present generations 
may trace their lineage. 

Henry Wood, whose daughter married Joseph Nicholson, 
in 1682, purchased one hundred acres of Samuel Cole, in 
Waterford township, near the mouth of Cooper's creek, front- 
ing on the river, with the buildings put thereon by Cole; to 
this place he removed, and there remained during his life. 
He called this place "Hopewell."* 

The same year in which Joseph Nicholson married his daugh- 
ter, he removed from Salem county to a tra6l of land on the 
north side of Cooper's creek, that he had previously purchased; 
here he built a house and made a settlement. In 1699, he 
purchased an adjoining tradl of James, a grandson of Henry 



6 Salem Wills A, i 'o, 143. Salem Wills No. 5 41. 

7 Salem Wills A, 120. Lib. No. 7, 250. 

8 Lib. Bi, 66. 



SAMUEL NICHOLSON. 221 

Wood, which made his landed estate quite large at the time of 
his death. 

Samuel Nicholson, the brother of Joseph, in his will gave him 
his entire estate ; the land of which he sold to George Abbott 
in 1696. The deed says, "Joseph Nicholson, late of Salem 
county, now of Gloucester county." This language establishes 
the identity of Joseph beyond any question, and conne6ls the 
family hereabout with Samuel, the first comer. 

Joseph Nicholson deceased in 1702, intestate,^ and leaving 
but two children, George, who married Alice Lord in 171 7, 
and Samuel, who had three wives. These were as follows : in 
1722, he married Sarah, a daughter of Samuel Burrough; in 
1744, he married Rebecca Saint, and, in 1749, he married Jane 
Albertson, the widow of William, and daughter of John Engle. 
The last named female was somewhat remarkable in her mar- 
riage relations, having had four husbands and, probably, dying 
a widow. The husbands were John Turner, William Albertson, 
Samuel Nicholson, and Thomas Middleton. 

As the oldest son, Samuel inherited the landed estate of his 
father, and had his residence on the tradl of land purchased 
of James Wood in 1699. This he re-surveyed in 1733, which 
survey discloses the title and the number of acres contained 
in the same.^" He was neighbor to the Spicers, the Woods, 
and Humphrey Day, all of which families and names have 
long since been lost sight of in that region. 

Samuel Nicholson deceased in 1750, leaving the following 
named children ; but how distributed among the several wives, 
there is no means at this time of discovering." Joseph, the first 
son, married Catharine Butcher, of Burlington, in 1738; in 
1749, he purchased half an acre of land of John Gill in Had- 
donfield, at which place he at that time resided. This piece 
of land is situated on the west side of the main street, and 
is now owned by Joseph B. Tatem. He probably built the 
house now standing on the lot ; but of this there are no certain 
data. Abel married Rebecca Aaronson, daughter of Aaron ; 
Abigail married Daniel Hillman in 1743, and John Gill in 

g Files of Gloucester Wills. , 

10 Lib M, 159, O. S. G. 

11 Lib. No. 7, 02. 



2 22 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1767; Hannah married John Hillman; and Sarah died single 
in 1756. Abel deceased in 1761, and before his first child 
was born. This proved to be a son, who was named for his 
father, and subsequently married Rebecca, a daughter of Isaac 
Ellis. The widow of Abel married Isaac Burrough, and deceased 
in 1768. From the last named Abel, the family in this imme- 
diate neighborhood has descended. A few of the name reside 
in Salem county, but the family is not large. In tracing this 
family, care should be taken not to confound it with that of 
George Nicholson, who came from Borton Stathers, in Lincoln- 
shire, England, and settled in Burlington county, N. J.^^ His 
wife's name was Hannah, and their children were Grace, born 
in 1677; Samuel, born in 1679; George, born in 1680; Joseph, 
born in 1684, and Mercy, born in 1687. Samuel died at Ches- 
ter, Pennsylvania, in 1684. Joseph and Mercy were born at 
the same place, the other children being born before the coming 
of the parents to America. They probably came among those 
designing to remain in Pennsylvania under the patronage of 
William Penn, but finally settling in New Jersey. 



12 Friends' Records, Cherterfield Meeting, Burlington Co. 



THOMAS HOWELL. 



THOMAS HOWELL was an Englishman, and lived in 
Staffordshire previously to his removal to New Jersey.' 
It is somewhat uncertain whether he was a creditor of Edward 
Byllynge, although the record would seem to show that he 
was; yet, if so, he did not have his debts discharged diredlly 
by that man. 

Benjamin Bartlett (or Braclett, as it is sometimes written,) 
married Gracia, a daughter of Byllynge,^ through whom many 
of the sales of proprieties were made, and who, surviving her 
husband and father, in 1728,^ sold all the remainder of her 
interests in New Jersey, derived as the only heir and surviving 
child of her father, to Daniel Coxe, of London, whose son 
Daniel came here to look after his father's estate, and made so 
much trouble in the political affairs of the colony.* 

The first estate that Thomas Howell acquired in New Jersey, 
was through Benjamin Bartlett and wife, in 1675, who conveyed 
him the one-half of one-ninetieth part of one whole share; 
under which he proceeded in 1685 to sever his interest from 
the common stock in land.^ Although his name does not 
appear among those who first arrived here, yet he, no doubt, 
came among the earliest adventurers, and brought some con- 
siderable personal property, consisting of household goods and 



I Lib. G2, 33. 4 Lib. A, 24. 

1 Lib. A, 24. 5 Lib. G2, 33. 

3 Lib. EF, 370. 



2 24 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

money. It is probable that his immediate residence in Staf- 
fordshire was at Tamworth, a town in the western part of that 
county,* about one hundred and ten miles northeast of the city 
of London, for, in a division of his estate among his children 
in 1687, his son Daniel received that property as part of his 
share. '^"^ In a subsequent agreement between Daniel and Mor- 
decai, the estate passed to the latter, who, in all probability, 
retained it during his life,' it being the ancestral residence of 
the family, and for this reason deserving his adherence thereto. 
It does not appear that Thomas Howell was a Friend ; if such, 
he did not participate much in the religious affairs of that 
society. The short time that he lived after his settlement here 
may account for this, as he deceased in 1687, only a few years 
after his arrival. He was, however, a member of the Assembly 
in 1683, but only served a single year." 

The survey he made, fronting on the north side of Cooper's 
creek, in Waterford (now Delaware) township, included what is 
generally known as the Jacob Troth farm, on the east, and 
extended down that stream nearly one mile, and back into ''the 
woods" about the same distance. This tra6l of land is, at the 
present day, divided into many valuable farms." It was located 
for six hundred and fifty acres, but doubtless contained within 
its bounds a much larger quantity of land. Thomas Howell 
ere6ted a dwelling on the same, and there resided for the little 
time that he lived after his settlement. Without any tradition 
as to where his house stood, the probability is that it was near 
the creek, and perhaps where the buildings on the "Barton" 
farm have been ere6led. He called his place "Christianity."*'' 

The will of Thomas Howell has no date, but is undoubtedly 
a genuine document. It discloses some matters of interest 
which deserve notice here.** Reference is made to his wife's 
not coming to America, of whom he appeared to know nothing 
at the time of making his will. He makes provision for her, 
however, which shows that he had some regard for her comfort, 
although she did not choose to participate in his adventure. 



6 Lib. G2, 42. 10 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 

7 Lib. G2, 62. II Revel's Book, 68. 

8 Lib. Gi, 42. 12 Lib. B, 140. 

9 Lib. Gi, 42. 13 Gloucester Files, 1693. 



THOMAS HOWELL. 225 

The will is not signed by the testator, but is subscribed to by 
three witnesses, who appeared when the same was offered for 
probate. The court allowed, and the devisees accepted the will 
as valid. It doubtless conformed to the custom of the Dutch 
courts in like cases, prevalent in New York at that date and 
for many years after. He made other locations in Gloucester 
county, which showed him to be a man with means to buy, and 
of good judgment in the location of his land. His family con- 
sisted of a wife, three sons and three daughters, namely : Samuel ; 
Daniel, who married Hannah Lakin, of Philadelphia, in 1686; 
Mordecai; Priscilla, who married Robert Stiles; Marion, who 
married Henry Johnson; and Catharine." Before his death 
in 1687, Thomas Howell sold Richard Wright one hundred 
acres of his land on Cooper's creek, where the family of the 
latter lived for several years thereafter.^* 

Of the son Samuel, nothing appears to indicate that he was in 
New Jersey as he did not join in any of the conveyances of 
real estate after his father's death, nor is his name mentioned 
at all, except in the will of his father. The son Mordecai was 
one of the witnesses in the controversy between the Penns and 
Lord Baltimore. In this, he says that he came to America about 
the year 1682, and ascended the Delaware river in company 
with the ship that brought William Penn to Philadelphia. This 
evidence was given by him in 1736, which proves that he did 
not decease before that date. 

After Thomas Howell's death, his son Mordecai returned to 
the paternal estate at Tamworth, England, and there remained 
about three years. ^^ Afterwards, he returned and lived on the 
homestead property on Cooper's creek. ^' 'in 1697, he sold to 
Henry Franklin, a bricklayer of New York, a part of the origi- 
nal tra6l, which the latter sold to John Champion, in three 
years after.** Perhaps Franklin never came thither, but sold to 
Champion, who then resided at Hempstead, in the same state; 
from which place he removed soon after, remaining until his 
death. He called his place "Livewell," being situated on that 



14 Gloucester Files, 1687. Friends' Records, Phila. r6 Lib. Gi, 42. Lib. G2, 42. 
Lib. Gi, 42. Lib. G3, 17. 17 Lib. G2, 114. Lib G3, 03, ^ 

15 Lib. Gi, 14. Lib. Gz, 114, 117, 120. 121. i8 Lib. G3, 122, 465. 

'5 



226 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

part of the estate now known as the "'Champion farm," which 
name has much significance, and perhaps originated with those 
who enjoyed the hospitality and good cheer of the owner. ^'^ 

Previously to this sale, Mordecai Howell had ere6led a saw 
mill on a small branch near the easterly part of the tra6l, where 
that stream emptied into Cooper's creek. This mill was kept in 
use many years after it came into the hands of John Champion. 
In 1687, Thomas Howell (the father) eredled the dam; but he 
was indicted by the grand jury of the county for stopping the 
water of the stream contrary to law, and consequently aban- 
doned the work. 

It is probable that Catharine, the widow of Thomas Howell, 
came to America with the son Mordecai upon his return, as she 
was a resident of Philadelphia in 1693, and conveyed eighty- 
eight acres of land to Henry Johnson, then about to marry the 
daughter Marion.^" This was part of the estate on Cooper's 
creek, on which the son Mordecai at that time lived. Henry 
Johnson subsequently took up his abode there with his wife, and 
through their family, the property passed to other names. 

Robert Stiles, who married the daughter Priscilla, settled on 
the north side of the south branch of Penisaukin creek on land 
now owned by Samuel Roberts. He deceased in 1728, leaving 
two sons, Robert and Ephriam ; from whom have sprung the 
family of that name in these parts.''' 

Gabriel Thomas, the first historian of West New Jersey, thus 
speaks of the head of this family. "The trade of Gloucester 
county consists chiefly in pitch, tar and rosin, the latter of 
which is made by Robert Styles, an excellent artist in that sort 
of work, for he delivers it as clear as any Gum Arabick." 

Thomas Howell, in his will, gave his daughter Priscilla one 
hundred acres of the homestead property. This herself and 
husband, in 1690, conveyed to her brother Mordecai. ■^■' 

The minute book of the supreme court of New Jersey — still 
in good preservation, commencing 1681, and now in the 
vaults of the office of the supreme court, at Trenton — presents 
a curious trial of Daniel and Mordecia Howell in 1685, for 



19 Lib. G3, 03. 21 Lib. G2, 94. 

20 Lib. G3, 17. 22 Lib. B, 94. 



THOMAS HOWELL. 227 

shooting and carrying away the hogs of WilHam Cooper. They 
were indicted, tried and convi6led, the court sitting at Burling- 
ton, and were fined five pounds each. The trial, which was 
a protracted one, discloses the peculiar manner of our ances- 
tors in condu(Sling such cases. The identity of the porkers was 
the turning point in the case, as the ears had been cut off, and 
the marks destroyed. But when Daniel Cooper, son of William, 
testified to having seen a dead hog on the back of one of the 
defendants, before its ears were cut off, and identified it as one 
of his father's swine, there was no room for further doubt, and 
hence the convi6lion. There was much of that kind of litiga- 
tion among the old folks hereabout, as the negle6l to enter the 
"ear marks" in the court records was often a means by which 
persons escaped punishment. 

In 1687, Daniel sold his brother Mordecai two hundred and 
fifty acres of land with the buildings on Cooper's creek, prob- 
ably the farm on which their father deceased.^* In 1688, Daniel 
sold one hundred acres of the homestead to Moses Lakin, 
bounded by the stream before named. ^^ This person was, 
probably, a brother of his wife; but it does not appear that he 
ever occupied it. He subsequently disposed of a great amount 
of proprietory rights to various persons, showing that his landed 
estate in New Jersey was large and valuable. ^^ 

In 1690, Daniel Howell sold sixty acres, part of the original 
tra6t, to Josiah Appleton, which joined other lands owned by 
John and Richard Appleton, at a place then called Apple-town. 
This was a village which stood near the most westerly boundary 
of the original tra6l fronting the navigation of- Cooper's creek, 
and, no doubt, deriving many advantages therefrom.^'* What 
tradition and ancient records have done for the faithful searchers 
after the curious and the true among the almost forgotten stories 
and negle6led books that attradl the attention of antiquarians, 
has escaped the notice of such seekers, in order to bring down 
to the present generation the site and history of x\pple-town, — a 
place that had a name and a locality in 1690, but, at the present 
day, has left no trustworthy memorials. 

23 Lib. G2, 62. 25 Lib. G2, 104, 108. 

24 Lib. Gi, 83. 26 Lib. B2, 442. 



2 28 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

In the year 1691, he removed from Cooper's creek to a new 
residence near Philadelphia, which he called Hartsfield; and, 
after a short stay at that place, he removed thence to ''Stacy's 
Mills, ' ' at the falls of the Delaware ; around which place now 
stands the city of Trenton. " Mahlon Stacy, who came over 
with the first emigrants, made a large survey on both sides of 
the Assunpink creek at this place, and ere6led a corn mill 
thereon. A Friends' meeting was established, and the buildings 
ere6led thereabouts soon began to assume the proportions of a 
town. In 1 714, Mahlon Stacy, son of Mahlon who deceased in 
1703, sold this property, which his father called Bathfield, to 
William Trent, from whom the present name of the city was 
derived ] previously to this sale, however, considerable of the 
land had been purchased in small parcels, whereon to ere6t 
dwellings. 

Among the first and most prominent of the settlers there, the 
name of Daniel Howell occurs, who may have been a son of 
Thomas, before named. His religious proclivities were Presby- 
terian, as he was an a6live man in that denomination, and 
resided there when the first church was eredled. If these sug- 
gestions are corre6t, then the descendants of Daniel Howell 
in and about the city of Trenton can make the conne<5lion with 
their emigrant ancestors complete, and can know where he lived 
the little time in which he remained in the forests of New 
Jersey, as well as his place of nativity in England, where, no 
doubt, the lineage of the family can be traced for many gen- 
erations beyond his departure. '^'^ 

Mordecai Howell was quite a land jobber, and dealt largely 
in real estate in Gloucester county. In 1702, he purchased the 
Lovejoy survey of Henry Tredway. This included all that part 
of Haddonfield, lying east of Main street, as far south as Ellis 
street, and the "corn mill" built by Thomas Kendall, which 
stood near the present mill, now owned by the heirs of Josiah B. 
Evans, deceased.-® While he held this property, he located fifty 
acres of land on the opposite side of the stream, bounded on 
the north by Buckman's run, which falls into Cooper's creek, 



27 Lib. G2, 138, 140. 

28 Lib. No. 3, 382. 

29 Basse's Bookj 239. 



THOMAS HOWELL. 229 

at a short distance below where the present mill stands. By this 
survey, the place then called Uxbridge, but having long since 
lost its identity, is clearly defined. It may be said to have been 
where the Salem road crossed the creek, before the King's high- 
way was laid by law, nearly in its present position. This point 
was about one-fourth of a mile above the mouth of the run before 
named, and, no doubt, above the head of the pond as the flow 
then stood ; which pond was a diminutive affair, in comparison 
to the beautiful sheet of water that now covers the same and 
much larger premises. The name, however, was not confined 
to the particular place, but was applied generally to the sur- 
rounding neighborhood ; yet, as the road was changed and the 
bridge Avent to decay, the name, in like manner, was, in the 
lapse of time, forgotten. 

Near the head of the south branch of Cooper's creek in 
Gloucester township, he purchased several adjoining tra6ls of 
land of different persons ; part of which was sold to Joseph 
Thorne in i7o6,'"'who sold part to Joseph Bates in the same 
year.'^ This property adjoined the estate of John Hillman, 
including several farms around where the White Horse tavern 
now stands. The deed made by him to Joseph Thorne included 
the homestead estate on Cooper's creek, and, perhaps, extin- 
guished his title to land in West New Jersey. 

At the time of the last sale he had removed to Chester county, 
Pennsylvania; previously to which he had visited the home of 
his ancestors in England to look after the interests given to him 
by his father. ^^ His residence being beyond the bounds of New 
Jersey, there is no means of tracing him to the time of his 
decease. He was probably a bachelor, as his signatures to the 
various conveyances made by him stand alone, conclusive 
that, however large his estate, he did not halve his sorrows 
and double his joys by taking to himself a helpmate in the days 
of his youth. Alas, for him ! 



30 Lib. G3, 3. 

31 Lib. A, 84. 

32 Lib. A, 84. 



WILLIAM MATLACK. 



''t T 7ILLIAM MATLACK of the county of Burlington in 
VV the Province of West Jersey, aged about seventy-two 
years, came before me the underwritten, being his Majesty's 
Judge of the Common Pleas for said county, and, upon his 
solemn affirmation, did declare that he, the said William Mat- 
lack, about the latter end of October in the year (1677), came 
to Burlington along with his then master Daniel Wills, who was 
one of the commissioners for laying out the lands in the West- 
ern Division of New Jersey, and several others in the first boate 
that came there to settle the said Towne of Burlington; and 
that, as soon as he and the rest were landed, he was present and 
saw the lots fairly drawn for the nine acre lots mentioned in the 
next page and on the other side of this leaf in this book ; which 
lots were surveyed by Richard Noble; and that the said lots 
fell to the ten persons mentioned in said page, and in the three 
following pages, and in the same order as they are there set 
down. And further, this deponent says that he is well assured 
and very well knows that the said Richard Noble was appointed 
surveyor by the commissioners, and did soon after survey all the 
remaining part of the Island on the west side of the High street, 
and bounded by the river and creek ; and when it was divided, 
it was lotted to the said ten persons according as in the said two 
pages it is particularly described. 

"Attested before me, this tenth day of December, in the 
seventh year of the reign of King George of Great Britain, 
Anno Domini 1720. "Joshua Humphreys."^ 



I Basse's Book, 216. 



232 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

From the foregoing declaration much information may be 
gathered beside that which pertains to the subject in question. 
It discloses the age of William Matlack in 1720; it shows that 
he had attained his majority before his arrival in America. 
According to an agreement then common among the emigrants, 
he was to serve Daniel Wills for four years after his coming 
hither ; in which service he worked as a carpenter. They came 
in the ship "Kent," Gregory Marlow, master; after having 
touched at Sandy Hook, they found their way into the river 
Delaware, and, from some unknown cause, the passengers were 
landed near the mouth of Raccoon creek. ^ Their destination 
was evidently higher up the stream, as the commissioners soon 
left the vessel, and proceeded in a small boat to Chygoe's 
island (afterwards Burlington), and, according to a tradition in 
the family, William Matlack "was the first person that put his 
foot upon the shore." It is also shown that the island referred 
to was not that in the river, but the piece of land on which the 
city of Burlington stands, nearly surrounded by the Assiscunk 
creek, which, Samuel Smith says, procured its name from 
an Indian sachem who lived there. The first "boate" men- 
tioned was the little craft in which the commissioners and a few 
other persons came from Raccoon creek, and not the ship Kent, 
which was probably injured, and did not proceed to the end of 
the voyage. The passengers, after suffering many privations, 
mostly found their way to Burlington, and settled in the neigh- 
borhood. 

William Matlack came from a .small village in Nottingham- 
shire, England, called Cropwell Bishop, which lies about seven 
miles southeast of the city of Nottingham. As a mechanic, he 
worked upon the first houses built in Burlington, and helped to 
eredl Thomas Olive's corn mill, the first of that kind in West 
Jersey. He saw a town rise up in the midst of the forest, 
surrounded by a thriving population, busy in clearing the land 
and enjoying the reward of their labor. His leisure hours were 
spent among the natives, watching their peculiarities and striv- 
ing to win their good will. Following the advice and example 
of the commissioners, every promise made by him to the abo- 
rigines was faithfully kept, and every contra6l stri6tly adhered to. 



a Smith's History of New Jereey, 93. 



WILLIAM MATLACK. - 233 

In 1 68 1, there came from Brayles, a small town ' in the 
southern part of Warwickshire, a young man named Ti niothy 
Hancock, accompanied by his sister, who was about h'fteen 
years of age. Without friends or means, they lived in a very 
humble manner among the settlers, but the demand for wi'^rk- 
men soon found Timothy employment, and the demand for 
wives did not leave Mary long without a suitor. She \\'as 
married to the subje6l of this sketch the next year. TheT 
then removed to a tradl of land which he had located betweeL^ 
the north and south branch of Penisaukin creek in Chester 
township, Burlington county. '^ Her brother also located a 
survey adjoining, and, in 1684, married Rachel Firman. These 
surveys contained one hundred acres each, and were generally 
known as "head lands," being the quantity to which each male 
person coming as a servant was entitled under the regulation 
established by the proprietors. Many young men were styled 
"servants" and received their one hundred acres of land, who 
were persons of education, and who afterwards became promi- 
nent citizens in the colony. 

This was near the Indian town of Penisaukin, where the 
natives for many years after had a village, and where may 
yet be seen the remains of the graveyard ; which burial places 
they held in so much reverence and respect, that long journeys 
were made to visit the remains of their departed friends and 
conne6lions. Within the memory of those now living, have 
these burial places been visited by this peculiar people, around 
which they would remain for a few days, and then mysteriously 
disappear from the neighborhood. This sacred regard for the 
dead formed a strange contrast with other characteristics of 
their savage natures ; it showed a tenderness of feeling and 
a degree of refinement, not always found in civilization. 

This stream (Penisaukin creek) bears one of the few Indian 
names that have come down to the present generation, and, 
although much corrupted, it has enough remaining to detect 
its origin. 

In 1682, when John Roberts, William Matlack, and Timothy 
Hancock located the land, they called it Pen-is-au-kin — giving 

3 Basse's Book, 35. 



1 

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234 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

the stream the same name as that by which the Indians styled 
their vjiHage then adjoining. This word has been spelled in 
variou^s ways, with as many deiinitions, one of which is that 
Williatm Penn reserved a hawking privilege in the sale of lands 
therq, and thence called the stream Pennshawking creek. This 
ideajis at once demolished upon an examination of the records, 
for/there it may be found as obtained from the natives, and as 
by them pronounced. 

' The corruption, or reje6lion of the Indian names of streams 
and localities in America, is to be regretted; for their signifi- 
cance and beauty have no parallel in the English tongue, and 
they are passing away like the jjeople that gave them charadler 
and expression, almost without a history or a kindly remem- 
brance. The yielding of the weaker to the stronger race, of 
savage life to the progress of civilization, has left but a remnant 
of this people among us. Being without a written history, their 
legends, their language, and their names, will soon be among 
the things that have passed beyond the possibility of restoration. 
It is remarkable tTiat, in the development of literature and the 
advancement of education, so little has been done to colle6l 
and arrange the language of the aborigines of our land. But 
a single record of their language is known to have been made 
in West New Jersey, and that by the authorities of Salem 
county ; it is contained in one of their first books, now on file in 
the office of Secretary of State at Trenton, in which much care 
has been taken, and from which much information may be had. 
William Matlack and Timothy Hancock soon found their 
neighborhood was a desirable one; for new settlements were 
made there in a ■ short time, and went on increasing until a 
meeting of Friends was established at the house of Timothy 
Hancock by the consent of Burlington Friends in 1685. This 
was held on alternate first-days with one at the house of John 
Kay, on the north branch of Cooper's creek, for the accommo- 
dation of Friends at Penisaukin and Evesham. These were 
continued until about the year 1707. At these places many 
marriages were solemnized during that time, the knowledge of 
which would add much to the early history of this section of 
the State. 



WILLIAM MATLACK, 235 

Thomas Story, an eminent public Friend, who traveled in 
America in 1700, says that he went from Philadelphia to the 
Chester meeting (now Moorestown, Burlington county) by 
water, and upon his return stayed at night at the house of 
Esther Spicer, the widow of Samuel Spicer, where he was well 
entertained. This widow lady, who survived her husband sev- 
eral years, then lived near the river shore on the north side of 
Cooper's creek, now Stockton township, Camden county. 

The Matlack family in New Jersey have been remarkably 
prolific, which peculiarity began with William and Mary; and 
any attempt to follow the genealogy would lead to endless 
collaterals, and be attended with much doubt and uncertainty. 
The children of the first settlers, however, were John, who 
married Hannah Horner and Mary Lee; George, who married 
Mary Foster and Mary Hancock ; Mary, who married Jonathan 
Haines and Daniel Morgan ; William, who married Ann Antrimj 
Richard, who married Rebecca Haines and Mary Cole ; Joseph, 
who married Rebecca Haines; Timothy, who married Mary 

Haines ; Jane, who married Irvin ; and Sarah, who marrie^ 

Carlyle Haines. From these marriages has sprung one of the 
largest families in New Jersey, and, one which, at this date, 
has found its way into every state in the Union. 

In 1 701, William Matlack purchased about one thousand 
acres of land of Richard Heritage, situated in Waterford and 
Gloucester townships, in Camden county (then Gloucester), 
lying on both sides of the south branch of Cooper's creek, 
around and near the White Horse tavern.* 

In 1705, John Matlack purchased two hundred acres of land 
of Francis Collins in Waterford township. In 1708, he mar- 
ried Hannah Horner, and settled upon his purchase. A part of 
this estate is now owned by the heirs of John Wilkins, deceased, 
who there reside. The old house ere6led by the first owner 
stood a short distance from the handsome edifice of the- present 
occiapants ; this old house was pulled down a few years since, for 
one hundred and fifty years rendered it unfit, both in comfort 
and style, for further use. 

In 1 7 14, William Matlack gave his son George five hundred 
acres of land in Waterford township, being part of that which 

4 Lib. (ji, 143. 



236 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

he had purchased of Richard Heritage.^ George had previously 
married Mary Foster, and settled on this tra6l. His house 
stood near the residence of Israel Riggins, on the south side of 
the present Haddonfield and Berlin road, near Glendale. He 
built the saw mill on the south branch of Cooper's creek, for- 
merly known as "Hilliard's" mill, having gone to ruin many 
years since. This tra6l of land is now divided among several 
good farms. 

In 1 71 7, William Matlack purchased two hundred acres of 
land of John Estaugh, as attorney of John Haddon, on which 
his son Richard settled in 1721 — the same year in which he 
married Rebecca Haines." This tra6l lies in Waterford and 
Delaware townships. Upon it is situated the old Matlack grave- 
yard, where lay the remains of nearly all the older branches of 
the family. Richard (the first settler), who deceased in 1778, 
was' the second person buried here, his son Benjamin being the 
first. In 1779, this estate passed out of this name to William 
Todd, but was subsequently purchased by Richard M. Cooper, 
father of the present owner, and a lineal descendant in the 
materal line of the first settler. 

In 1 714, William Matlack gave his son Timothy the remain- 
ing part of the tract of land which he had purchased of Richard 
Heritage in Waterford township. Here Timothy built a house 
and settled.' The house stood on the farm now owned by 
Ephraim Tomlinson, a short distance from Glendale. In 1720, 
Timothy married Mary Haines. He remained on the farm 
only a short time, as, in 1726 he sold the same and removed to 
Haddonfield, where he eredled a house and kept a store. 

Among the children of Timothy Matlack, a son Timothy was 
born in Haddonfield, 1730. He removed to Philadelphia at an 
early age, and became one of the prominent citizens of that 
place.* During the Revolutionary war, although a Quaker, he 
held a colonel's commission in the army, and was an a6live 
officer throughout that struggle. For this he was dealt with, and 
lost his membership in that religious body. In connection with 
Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris and others, a society was 



5 Lib. A, 09. 7 Lib. A, 08. 

6 Lib. A, 50. 8 Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, &c., 685, 



WILLIAM MATLACK. 237 

established in Philadelphia, called the "Free Quakers." He 
was secretary to the Continental Congress for some time, while 
it sat in that city, and was known as an open and decided advo- 
cate for the separation of the colonies from the mother country. 
His portrait now hangs in the Hall of Independence, among 
many of his contemporaries of that eventful period. He died 
in 1829, and was buried in the graveyard of the religious society 
of which he was a member, in south Fifth street, Philadelphia. 

He never lost his interest in the place of his nativity, and, in 
his declining years, often related the story of his being in one 
of the apple trees in John Gill's orchard, and listening to John 
Estaugh preach in the Friends' meeting-house near by. This 
was when he was a boy. If Friend John had espied him preying 
upon his fruit, the inclinations of the flesh would have prompted 
him to visit condign punishment upon the offender; but Tim- 
othy understood his habits too well, not to know when to make 
these predatory excursions, and get safely away, loaded with 
plunder. This further shows that John Gill's farm extended 
along the north side of the King's road to the meeting-house ; 
mention of which is made in the deed for the meeting-house lot. 

Asa Matlack, now deceased, a descendant of the first settler 
and formerly residing near Moorestown, Burlington county, 
New Jersey, on a part of the original estate, colledled and 
preserved a history of the dire6t and collateral branches of the 
family, showing how rapidly it spread through the country and 
became conne6led with those of the early settlers. Although 
not arranged for easy reference, yet the colledlion, as it stands, 
evidences much labor, and is invaluable to any one in search 
of genealogical matter connected therewith. 

The tra6t of lands owned by William Matlack and his sons 
John, Timothy and Richard, extending from the White Horse 
tavern to the farm of Joseph H. Ellis, both included, and lying 
on both sides of the Moorestown and Woodbury road, con- 
tained some fifteen hundred acres; it passed out of the name 
more than sixty years since, part by marriage, but much the 
larger part by sale. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 



IN the year 1675, ^ valuation of the estates of persons resident 
in Flushing, Long Island, made known that John Hinch- 
man was an inhabitant, and the owner of one negro, twenty- 
five acres of land, two horses, four oxen, four cows, two colts, 
four hogs and forty sheep. He was then a well-to-do farmer for 
the times in which he lived, and much in advance of most of 
his neighbors. In the year 1698, another list was ordered by 
the proper authorities of the same town (or township.) This 
shows the nativity of each ; and among the French settlers occur 
the names of John Hinchman and Sarah his wife, and of their 
children, John, James, Mercy, Mary and Sarah, as well as that 
of one negro slave called Hed:or, set down as belonging to the 
said John Hinchman; also the names of Thomas Hinchman 
and of Miriam his wife, and two children, Thomas and Sarah, 
Among the names composing the list of freemen, is that of 
Robert Hinchman. These assessments evince a degree of care 
not generally looked for at so early a date, and disclose many 
valuable and interesting fa6ts not to be obtained through any 
other channel. The liberality of the Legislature of the State 
of New York in securing, arranging and publishing all the 
documentary evidence that relates to the early settlement of 
that state, cannot be too highly commended ; it deserves to be 
followed by every other commonwealth in the Union. To this 
liberality are all those indebted that would know anything touch- 
ing the history of the first comers, of their success and their 
subsequent movements. 



240 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Among the inhabitants of Oyster Bay, Southampton, Hemp- 
stead, Flushing and other places on Long Island, may be found 
the names of many who became the heads of families hereabout, 
and who did much to clear up and develope the virgin soil in 
this se6lion of the country. 

The inducements held out by William Penn, John Fenwick 
and others, who were interested in the lands in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania, made it to their advantage again to break up their 
homes and remove hither. Among them were the Hinchmans, 
the Burroughs, the Clements, the Harrisons and others, whose 
names are now familiar to every inhabitant in this region of 
country. In fa61:, these two sections were so closely connected 
in this regard, that the history of the one is, to a great extent, 
the history of the other. In ecclesiastical affairs they were 
nearly identical, for what in church matters agitated the people 
of one region was equally exciting among the people of the 
other. 

The name was not confined to Long Island, as Edward 
Hinchman was a resident of Maryland in 1658, and was fined 
for refusing to bear arms. This person was a merchant, and 
had business intercourse with Barbadoes in 1672. He was 
subsequently banished for his Quakerism, and passed through 
much bodily suffering therefor. There is nothing, however, to 
indicate any conne6lion between the last named person and the 
Hinchmans of Long Island, and any search in that direction 
might prove fruitless. 

On the eighteenth day of May, 1699, John Hugg and Pris- 
cilla, his wife, conveyed to John Hinchman of Long Island, 
one thousand acres of land, situated in Newton township, 
Gloucester county, New Jersey.* Part of this tra6l was given 
by Francis Collins to his daughter Priscilla, and other parts 
John Hugg had purchased of various persons. Parcels of this 
land still remain in the name, but much the larger portion 
passed out of the family many years since. According to the 
best data that can be colledled from old maps and indefinite 
descriptions, in ancient deeds, this estate extended from near 
the head of the south branch of Newton creek (including the 

I Lib. G3, 279. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 241 

Hurley farm on that side), northeasterly toward Haddonfield, 
taking in the Hinchman estate, the farm of Charles L. Willits 
and other properties. Much information touching the title to 
this land may be derived from a re-survey of parts of the tra6t, 
made by the third John Hinchman in 1759; which re-survey 
appears in the records of that year, in the Surveyor-General's 
office at Burlington. The house of John Hinchman stood on 
the north side of the stream named, about where the late resi- 
dence of James S. Hurley, deceased, is ere(5led. Near the 
house, but on the south side of the water-course, is an ancient 
burial place, in these days known as "Hurley's" graveyard, 
but established by the first owner as a place to inter his slaves. 
Of this kind of property, he was one of the largest holders in 
the country; their descendants make up many of the families 
in this region, and these, until a short time since, were buried 
at the place before spoken of. 

Possessing an extensive tra6l of land, and a large number of 
slaves, it may be inferred that he was a man of wealth, and 
lived in somewhat more style than most of those around him. 
His residence stood near the king's highway, where it crossed 
King's run, in going from Burlington to Salem; it was a build- 
ing of some pretension, and one in which a liberal hospitality 
was dispensed. As a Quaker, his entertainments extended to 
those traveling Friends who felt it their duty to leave their 
homes in England to visit the churches in America, at that 
time scattered over a vast extent of country. The colonies in 
North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, to the south, and in 
East Jersey, Long Island and Connecticut, to the east, were a 
long distance apart; and the journey to and fro was always 
attended with many difficulties. 

The journals of these missionaries all show that they passed 
through the same kind of trials, and had the same obstacles to 
overcome. In his removal from Long Island, John Hinchman 
doubtless brought with him several slaves, the increase of whom 
in a few years overcrowded his plantation with laborers, and 
made a full supply for his children as they settled in life. 

Slave property was something more than that of horses or 
cattle; in the purchase or sale of a slave a deed was executed 
16 



242 FmST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and delivered, conveying the estate of the owner, and frequently 
guaranteeing soundness and tra6lability. One of these indent- 
ures is here given in full, explaining in itself the chara6ler of 
the transaction, and the purposes for which it was made. 

"Know All Men by these Presents, that I, John Hugg, 
of Gloucester county, New Jersey, for and in consideration of 
the sum of thirty-five pounds to me paid by John Hinchman, of 
the same place, before the ensealing and delivery of these pre- 
sents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged ; have bar- 
gained, sold, and by these presents do bargain and sell unto the 
said John Hinchman a certain negro boy named Sambo, aged 
ten years next March or May, as is said. To have and to hold 
the said negro boy by these presents bargained and sold unto 
the said John Hinchman, his heirs, executors, administrators 
and assigns for ever. And I, the said John Hugg, for myself, 
my executors and administrators, the said negro boy bargained 
and sold unto the said John Hinchman, against me the said 
John Hugg and against all and every other person whatsoever 
claiming or pretending to claim any right or property thereunto, 
shall and will warrant and forever defend. 

"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my seal, this the 
third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and nine, 1709. 
" Sealed and delivered ^ _^^_ 

in presence of •, 

Thomas Sharp, I 
Joseph Collins." J 



"JOHN HUGG. |l. s. I 



Noticeable features in many of the last wills of the first settlers 
in New Jersey are the number of slaves disposed of thereby, 
and the high value which was attached to them. 

With some owners they were badly used, but among Friends 
they were generally treated with consideration. The unnatural 
separation of husband and wife, and of parents and children, 
soon attra6led the attention of the more considerate in the 
Society; and steps were taken to guard against this cruelty, 
which eventually led to an open declaration, opposing the 
institution itself. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 243 

These humane influences ultimately extended to the law- 
making power of the State; an a6l was passed, under which 
means were adopted for the gradual extinguishment of slavery 
within its borders. The operation of this law frequently entailed 
a burden upon families in which slaves had been held ; but it 
was accepted by the people as just to this unfortunate class, 
and due to their inability to provide for themselves. 

The census of i860 showed but few slaves in the State of New 
Jersey ; these were too old and infirm at that date to carry a 
vestige of the institution to the present decade. 

John Hinchman dealt somewhat in real estate, and located 
several surveys in Gloucester county. He does not appear to 
have meddled in politics, or to have joined in the religious 
bickerings so prevalent in those days. His wife was Sarah, 
a daughter of Samuel Harrison, whom he married while a 
resident of Long Island; where also part of his children 
were born. He deceased in 1721, leaving a will.^ The inven- 
tory of his personal property amounted to two hundred and 
thirty pounds, sterling, which he disposed of with his real estate 

among his children. They were John, who married Sarah , 

and Elizabeth Smith (widow) ; Joseph, who married Phoebe 

; Jacob, who married Abigail Harrison ; James, who 

married Kesiah ; Sarah, who married Thomas Bispham ; 

Jane, who married Jones; Letitia, who married Thomas 

Thorne ; Ann, who married John Thorne ; Abigail, who mar- 
ried John Kaighn and Samuel Harrison ; and one child born 
after the father's decease, named William. John, the oldest 
son, settled on part of the paternal estate, now mostly owned 
by Charles L. Willits, Benjamin Cooper, Nathan B. Willits, 
and others, extending southwardly from an ancient boundary 
line, west of the old Salem road, to the head of Little Timber 
creek, adjoining the Jenning's estate. His dwelling house is 
now part of the residence of Charles L. Willits ; it will be 
• remembered by some as a small, hipped-roof, brick building — 
but now entirely changed in shape and appearance. In its day, 
it had some pretension to style and comfort, but, at this time, 
no such claims would be made. In the political affairs of the 

2 Lib. No. 2, 198. 



244 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

colony John Hinchman participated, for, in 1705, he was 
appointed ensign in one of the military departments of the 
county; in 1722, he was made coroner, and afterwards a6ted 
as sheriff. In 1747, he married Elizabeth Smith (a second 
wife), the widow of Isaac, only child of Sarah Norris and 
granddaughter of John Kay, who was the first of the name 
here.* She survived him, and died the owner of considerable 
real estate in Haddonfield, situated en Potter's street. By this 
marriage there was no issue. He died intestate in 1754.* His 

children were John, who married , and died without 

issue ; Hannah, who married Samuel Stokes ; Ann, who mar- 
ried Bispham; Amy, who married Joshua Stokes; Eliza- 
beth, who married Joseph Bispham, and, after his decease, 
John Hatkinson. 

Joseph Hinchman was a butcher, and lived on part of the 
original estate in Newton township.^ He died in 1731, leaving 
a widow and two sons, James, who married Sarah Bircham, and 
Isaac, who married Letitia Woolston. James settled in Green- 
wich township, and Isaac, in Newton.'' Jacob Hinchman died 
in 1742, leaving a widow and one child, Mary.'' James Hinch- 
man took that part of his father's property now partly owned by 
the heirs of Jeremiah Willits, deceased, and, formerly, by James 
S. Hurby, deceased; he lived where the last named person died. 
In 1733, he received a commission from the King appointing 
him ens of the judges of Gloucester county, in which capacity 
he appears to have acceptably served. He died in 1750, 
leaving a widow, but no children.* The estate is now divided 
into several valuable farms, any one of which is more pro- 
du6live than the whole tra6l as then managed. Letitia, who 
married Thomas Thorne, settled with her husband on land 
which he purchased of Thomas Cole and James Wild, in 
Delaware township, bordering on the south side of Penisaukin 
creek ; part of this property is now owned by Asa R. Lippin- 
cott. Thomas Thorne also came from Long Island, but several' 
years after John Hinchman. He was a man of large estate, 
and, like his father-in-law, was the owner of numerous slaves, 



3 Gloucester Files, 1758. 6 Lib. L, 384. 

4 Lib. No. 7, 497. 7 Lib. No. 4, 366. 

5 Lib. No. 2, 126. 8 Lib. No. 6, 423. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 245 

part, perhaps, the dowry of his wife, and part obtained by pur- 
chase. They had three children, namely: Hannah, who married 
George Turner ; Sarah, who married Jacob Burrough, son of 
Samuel ; and Thomas, who married Abigail Burrough, daughter 
of Samuel. Although the property has not entirely passed out 
of the blood, yet the name has been lost sight of for many 
years. Thomas Thorne died in 1757, intestate.^ 

John Thorne, the husband of Ann and brother of Thomas, 
purchased a tra6l of land in 1702 of John Reading, lying in 
Centre township between the south branch of Newton creek 
and Little Timber creek, including the farm lately owned by J. 
Stokes Brick, deceased, the estate of John D. Glover, and other 
properties.^" By his will, made in 1768, he gave this real estate 
to his son-in-law, John Glover, in fee." His children were 
Thomas, who deceased before the making of his will ; Mary, 
who married John Glover; and Sarah, who died single in 1769, 
but after her father. ^^ Ann died a few years after her marriage, 
and John Thorne married Mary, the widow of John Gill and 
daughter of Richard Heritage. He died in 1769, having 
removed to Haddonfield several years before that occurrence. 
He was a man of considerable estate, and was much respe6ted 
in the community in which he lived. Thomas, his son, died in 
1759, leaving a will. ^^ His children were Elizabeth and Abigail, 
the wife of William Harrison. 

William Harrison owned and lived upon the farm south of 
Mount Ephraim, lately the property of Jesse W. Starr ; he was 
buried in a small family graveyard, near the old brick house — 
now torn down. 

John's last wife survived him six years, as her will was 
admitted to probate on October 4th, 1775." This instrument 
of writing puts at rest any doubt of her being the widow of 
John Gill, and the maternal ancestor of the family of that 
name in this region. There was no issue by her last marriage. 
She was in possession of more than a sufficiency of this world's 
goods, and disposed of them among her children and grand- 
children. Of the many articles devised, she gave her son 



9 Lib. No. 9, 38. 12 Lib. No. 17, 132. 

10 Lib. W, 196. 13 Lib. No. p, 41 r. 

11 Lib. No. 14, 192. 14 Lib. No. 17, 241, 



246 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

John Gill "a pair of gold studs and a silver spoon," /r^i-^w/^^ 
to her by Elizabeth Estaugh ; to which she evidently attached 
much value, considering it an heir-loom worthy of her especial 
regard. She lived to see several of her granddaughters married, 
but the surname of her first husband was limited at her death to 
two persons, her son, and her grandson, John Gill. 

Samuel Thorne also purchased land near Gloucester about 
the same time, and perhaps took up his abode thereon. In 
1706, William Thorne (as the deed says, "late of Long Island, 
but now of Gloucester county, N. J.,") purchased three tradls 
of land of Mordecai Howell.^* Part of this land was near the 
head of the south branch of Cooper's creek, and the north 
branch of Timber creek. On one of the tributaries of the last 
named stream, he eredted a saw mill, the site of which may 
yet be seen; this stream is still known as Thome's mill branch. 
At this place he probably settled and reared a large family. 
For many years the name was a prominent one in that sedlion, 
but latterly it is scarcely known; as attached to any of the 
original estate, it is almost forgotten, and, but for the ancient 
deeds, would not in these days be remembered. 

Thomas and John Thorne were the sons of Joseph Thorne 
of Flushing, Long Island ; they came to West New Jersey, 
after the example of John Hinchman, Jacob Clement, and 
some others, seeking a home among the newly settled Quakers 
in these parts. '^ 

John Glover also came from Long Island, where quite a 
number of that name had settled. He was probably a son of 
Samuel and Sarah Glover, who were residents of Southold as 
early as the year 1675. I" ^^^^ year, his personal estate was 
assessed at one ox, three cows, and one horse ; but, eight years 
after that time, his taxable property amounted to one hundred 
and four pounds, proving him to be a thrifty man. In 1698, he 
was still an inhabitant of the same place, and was surrounded 
by a numerous family. His son Samuel, in 1 700, was appointed 
lieutenant in a company of infantry of that town, he having 
departed from the example of George Fox, doubtless, much 
to the chagrin of his parents. 



15 Lib. A, 84, 

16 Lib. Q, 4SI. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 247 

With John Glover came two brothers, William and Richard. 
William settled in Newton township, the creek dividing his 
estate from that of John's. He was a man of considerable 
property, for, by his will, he disposed of legacies amounting 
to more than one thousand pounds, sterling. He was a bachelor, 
and deceased in the year 1798. Much of the estate in Newton 
township still remains in the name, as well as that of John 
Glover, in Centre township, coming to the present owners 
from John Thorne, as before named." In 1728, Richard Glover 
married Rachel Clark, and settled in Burlington county, N. J. 

John Glover had a numerous family, namely : Thomas, who 
married Mary Stiles (he dying, she married Peter Thompson) ; 
John T., who married Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Ridgway and 

daughter of Olden ; Sarah, who married Peter Hanna ; 

Isaac, who married Phoebe, daughter of John Duel ; Rachel 
who married Isaac Stiles; Samuel, who married Hannah Albert- 
son ; Mary, who married Thomas Potter ; Joseph, who married 
Sarah Mickle; and Jacob, who married Mary Branson. 

Thomas and Sarah Bispham settled in Philadelphia. His 
business was that of an "inn keeper," but, in what part of the 
city, it is not known. Thomas died there in 1771, leaving a 
will.^^ His wife survived him, and the following children: 
Joseph ; Benjamin, who married Hope Fortiner ; Thomas ; 
Hinchman \ and Elizabeth, who married James Hartley. They 
held a number of slaves, and owned land in New Jersey. By 
each marriage the daughter, Abigail, had issue ; her descendants 
may easily trace the maternal blood. 

Joseph Hinchman was a brother of the first John, and came 
also from Flushing, on Long Island, A. D. 1708. Any doubt 
of the relationship is put at rest by a single passage in the will 
of John, in which he devised a tra6l of land to his son John \ 
in the description of one of the boundaries, he says, "to a 
corner in the line of my brother Joseph Hinchman's land." 
He was a man of some estate, as he purchased knd of John 
in that part of the original one thousand acres which lay nearest 
to Haddonfield. His house stood on the west side of the king's 

17 Lib No. 37, 413. 

18 Lib. No. IS, 42. 



248 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

road, a short distance from where it crossed the "shore" road 
that passed over Atmore's dam, going towards Philadelphia. 
It was perhaps nothing more than a log cabin, built of the 
timber that had stood upon the ground where it was eredled. 
He purchased about fifty acres of Joseph Collins, which brought 
his property to the stream of the main branch of Newton creek, 
which still continues one of the boundaries thereof. He also 
added some other adjoining tra6ls, dying the owner of a large 
body of valuable land. His will bears date April 5th, 1737. 
He made his wife Sarah sole executrix, with power to sell land, 
to discharge debts, and to manage the estate generally.^* 

His children were Thomas, who married Sarah Clement, a 
daughter of James of Long Island, and, after her decease, in 
1750, Letitia Mickle, widow of Samuel and daughter of Tim- 
othy Matlack ; Sarah, who married Edward Collins ; Hannah, 

who married James Gill ; Mary, who married Zane ; 

Deborah ; and Emily. 

The paternity of Thomas Hinchman's first wife is beyond 
question, as James Clement names her in his will, dated May 
5th, 1724. By this marriage there was no issue.-" By the will 
of his father, Thomas was seized of all the real estate, and lived 
thereon. He deceased in 1758, his wife dying seven years 
before that time, and perhaps upon the birth of his only child, 
Joseph, to whom the property, as purchased by his grandfather, 
passed. 

Joseph was born February i8th, 1751, in the old log cabin, for 
his father died before he had finished the erection of the house 
now occupied by William C. Hinchman, — a house which, for 
nearly one hundred years, was the only dwelling on the estate. 
The broad acres and primitive forests that surrounded him in 
his youth, his manhood and his old age, came to him through a 
line of ancestry of which he was the only living representative ; 
and he adhered to them with a tenacity that proved his deter- 
mination never to break in upon the ancient land marks. His 
knowledge of the titles, and his familiarity with the boundaries, 
show that his ownership had afforded hini a pleasurable study, — 



ig Lib. No. 2, 154. 

20 Lib. No. 10, New York Wills, 53. 



JOHN HINCHMAN. 249 

one of great advantage to himself, and to those who were to 
follow him. He married Sarah Kain, a daughter of William 
and Charity, and great-granddaughter of Francis Collins, the 
first settler in this part of Newton township. Of systematic and 
industrious habits, a close observer, and of good judgment, he 
combined the farmer and mechanic in a remarkable degree. 
He was one of the few persons of his day and generation, who 
deemed it necessary to make a record of events passing under 
his notice. His journal, commenced in 181 1 and continued to 
1827 inclusive, is a curious book, and contains much that is 
valuable. The record of marriages, births and deaths, is of 
local interest, and it should be preserved for reference to 
coming generations ; disclosing much that has been already 
lost sight of, and that, but for such memoranda, could not be 
restored. Although portions of this book are taken up with his 
private affairs, yet the larger part refers to matters of increasing 
value in connexion with the families in this region of country ; 
it will be consulted in future days upon important and material 
subjects. 

It is gratifying to know that more regard is manifested 
towards old manuscripts, and that an increasing interest now 
prevails to save such from loss. How much of the history of 
families and of neighborhoods is now hidden in garrets and 
negle6ted, out-of-the-way places, where the hands of such as 
would appreciate their value may never reach them. The time 
spent, and the ingenuity exercised in solving an intricate 
question, may add to its interest ; but to be unable to establish 
an acknowledged tradition for want of documentary evidence, 
thoughtlessly destroyed, refle6ts sadly upon the want of care in 
this regard among the people. 



JOHN SHIVERS. 



JOHN SHIVERS appears to have been the first of the name 
in this neighborhood. He probably came as a servant 
with some of the first emigrants, and was consequently not 
named among the lists of passengers; this class of persons 
being numbered to the individual who entered them as emi- 
grants, a system which secured to each one a certain amount 
of land upon his arrival. Very many young men who had 
some estate, and were proficient as mechanics, chose to come 
out in this way, and, soon after their arrival, acquired more 
property, and had better positions than those whom they were 
pledged to serve. Mechanics, in particular, were in great demand, 
and, if economical, in a few years became classed among the 
wealthiest of the inhabitants. The subje6t of this sketth was 
called a butcher, which occupation he, no doubt, followed at 
home; but, when he came here and settled in an unbroken 
forest, with but few families about him, "his occupation was 
gone." Apart from Philadelphia, there was, within his reach, 
no colle6lion of dwellings that could be called a town, where 
he could ply his calling; but, perhaps, with the energy charac- 
teristic of these pioneers, he traveled twice each week in his 
boat to the embryo city, and supplied its people with their meat 
fresh from the knife. The demand was small, and his means of 
supply were equally so, for people at that day had no appli- 
ances for raising and fattening cattle, except in giving them the 
range of the woods. 



252 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

In fa6l this was so done, as, for many years after the begin- 
ning of the colony a law was in force requiring all persons to 
mark their cattle, and report their mark to the clerk of the 
county, so that the same might be recorded. An examination 
of the old books of minutes of the counties will show this ; 
in many instances the mark is illustrated by a fac-simile copy, 
without any other description than the name of the person who 
reported it. The similarity of these evidences of ownership 
often led to disputes and litigation, in which much more money 
and time were wasted than the cause of the trouble was worth ; 
yet, as is frequently the case at the present day, those who were 
fierce in the defence of their real or supposed rights, did not 
stop to inquire whether such a course of policy "would pay." 

In 1692, John Shivers purchased a tra6l of land of Mordecai 
Howell, in Waterford township, which was bounded on the 
south side by Cooper's creek and partly by a stream branching 
therefrom, whereon Mordecai had ere6led, or was about to ere6l, 
a mill ;^ for, in the next year, John Wright, an adjoining owner, 
released to him the privilege of flooding the meadow for the use 
of the same. On this tra6l John Shivers erected a dwelling, 
and remained until his death. ^ He deceased intestate in 
1 716, his widow Sarah having been appointed administratrix.' 
He was a man of considerable estate, and owned other lands 
than the tra6l here named ; among which was one-half of two 
hundred acres that he had bought of Anthony Sturgiss in 1699, 
lying-in Newton township, fronting on Cooper's creek, and 
nearly opposite his homestead place. ^ This tra6l he held in 
common with Henry Johnson ; but at what time it passed out 
of the family, and who were the subsequent owners, are matters 
of no interest in this conne6lion.'^ 

In 1720, Sarah Shivers, the widow of John, purchased of 
John Wright before named, the adjoining tra6l of land which 
lay between the homestead and Cooper's creek, and which he 
had, in 1693, bought of Mordecai Howell.* This purchase 
extended the Shivers estate down and along the east side of the 
pond raised by Howell for the use of his mill, the remains of 



I Lib. G3, 8. 4 Lib. GG, 297. 

2. Lib G3, 513. 5 Lib. G3, 345. 

3 Gloucester Files, 1721. 6 Lib. A, 170. 



JOHN SHIVERS. 253 

.the dam of which can yet be seen. This was one of the first 
saw mills ere6led in Gloucester county, and, if in use at this 
date, with the primitive forest close around it, as in 1693, it 
would prove a useful and valuable institution. The site, 
however, was not a desirable one, being subje6l to the flow of 
high tides from the creek, which would frequently check the 
speed of the wheel ; for this reason it was abandoned many 
years since. 

The dwelling on the farm now owned by Richard Shivers in 
Delaware township is, perhaps, the spot whereon John Shivers 
ere6led his first house ; and portions of the present building 
may have been used in the first. His dying intestate leaves 
some doubt as to the number of his children, their names, and 
marriages, yet they are judged to have been the following : 
Samuel, who married Mary Deacon ; John, who married Mary 
Clement ; Mary, who married Thomas Bates ; Hannah, who 
married John Matlack; and Josiah, who married Ann Bates. 

In 1720, Samuel purchased two hundred acres of Francis 
Collins, adjoining the homestead property on the north,' and, 
the next year, he conveyed his interest in his father's estate 
to his brother John, who remained on the old farm, and in 
whose descendants parts of the same remain to the present day, 
and in all probability will so remain for many years to come.* 
Samuel settled in Newton township on the property which his 
father purchased of Anthony Sturgiss in 1699, for, in 1724, he 
a6led as one of the surveyors of highways of that township, 
as appears by Thomas Sharp's record of the same. 

During the life of the second John, the house in which he 
lived was by him kept as a tavern, standing, as it did, close by 
the north side of the ferry road leading out of Evesham, and 
other parts of Burlington county, towards Philadelphia. This 
was no doubt a favorite stopping place for the market people, 
where the price of poultry, eggs and butter could be discussed, 
so that such as were on their way to sell, might know how to 
deal with their keen and wary customers. There is no 
tradition, however, that a Jerseyman ever came off second 



7 Lib. T5, Woodbury. 

8 Lib. GG, 297. 



254 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

best in a bargain, or that he left the market without the worth 
of his commodities. The quiet, unassuming manner of these 
folks was sometimes taken for ignorance, and those who consid- 
ered themselves sharp in trade, only discovered their error 
when they found the advantage was on the wrong side. The 
natives of this State are known throughout our land as shrewd 
dealers, — a trait that may have come down to us from our 
Quaker ancestors, sharpened by long pradlice, and deeply 
instilled by continued example. 

Afterwards Samuel removed to Greenwich township, Glou- 
cester county, where he became a prominent citizen, and a 
wealthy man. He deceased in 1771.' Part of his real estate 
consisted of "Raccoon island," situated at the mouth of the 
creek of the same name, in Gloucester county, which he pur- 
chased of James Lowns in 1747.^" 

A part of this island he leased on the first day of April, 1769, 
to William Kay for ninety-nine years, which term carried the 
possession of the estate beyond several generations of his 
descendants, and rendered it questionable in some instances 
upon whom the remainders a6lually fell. This lease was based 
upon a rental of eighty pounds per annum, and the payment 
made a lien upon the estate. At that date, and for many years 
after, the only means of procuring hay and pasture was by 
improved meadow lands; which rendered the marshes fronting 
on the tidal streams of West Jersey valuable for such purposes ; 
and the records show that these marshes or flats were sought 
after, and located at an early date. This lease is, perhaps, the 
only one in this region that covered so much time, and involved 
so much valuable real estate. The devise of this was to three 
of his daughters, involving the fee as well as the rent ; one- 
fourth was given to Sarah Tatem ; one-fourth was given to 
Martha Booys, and two-fourths were given to Anna Sydonia 
Shinn, who, perhaps, all enjoyed the income of rent during their 
lives ; but the lapse of years was too great for them to say to 
whom the possession and fee of the land at the end of the 
lease would come. Subsequently, the estate passed entirely 



9 Lib. No. 15, 158. 
10 Lib. IK, 423. 



JOHN SHIVERS. 255 

out of the family, and some years since other owners had 
secured the title. The abolishing of the ancient limitations 
as touching real estate in New Jersey, allows many new owners 
to this kind of property in the course of one hundred years. 
Thrift, prudence and economy, are the only guarantees to the 
long keeping of land in any particular line under the present 
laws, and a disregard of these often makes room for enterprise 
and improvement where old fogyism might reign forever. 

John Shivers having but two sons, the name is even at this 
time limited to few families; this circumstance often occurs, 
although the blood of the ancestors maybe found in the veins of 
many, distributed there by the female descendants, who, upon 
marriage, lose their names, and, after two or three removes, 
almost lose their genealogical identity. 



JOHN HILLMAN. 



JOHN HILLMAN was an husbandman, and the first plan- 
tation upon which he lived and which he owned, he 
purchased of Francis Collins in 1697.^ It contained one hun- 
dred and seventy acres of land, and was situated in Gloucester 
township (now Centre), adjoining the estate of John Gill, part 
of which is now owned by William Chapman. Like most of 
the early settlers, he sele6led a light sandy soil whereon to clear 
his farm ; this made that operation of much less trouble, and 
the tilling of it much less laborious. In 1697, agriculture had 
made but little progress, and had it not been for the timber, 
then so plenty, which our ancestors worked and sold, the wants 
of the people would have been but poorly supplied. The 
leading crops were corn and rye, which followed each other 
in continued succession, until the return would hardly pay for 
the seed, and then another piece of land Avould be cleared and 
used in like manner, with the same results. Everything was in 
the most primitive condition, not only the manner of farming, 
but also the implements wherewith to work. Wooden ploughs, 
brush harrows, straw collars and grapevine gearing, may be 
thought to be an overdrawn pi6lure of the farming implements 
of the early settlers in this region, and one which strikes the 
farmers of the present day with surprise. Yet these, and still 
more limited, were the means of the people to eke out a liveli- 
hood in the wilderness of New Jersey. With no shelter for 



1 Lib. C, 15. 
17 



258 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

their cattle, no prote6tion for their crops when gathered, and 
with the rudest of cabins for themselves, their condition can 
scarcely be appreciated at this day by us, with our many 
improvements and comforts of every description. 

John Hillman's farm lay on both sides of the present road 
from Haddonfield to Snow Hill ; and his house stood near the 
present residence of William Chapman. Attached thereto was 
a portion of meadow land, from which were obtained pasture 
for his cattle during the summer, and hay to keep them alive 
through the winter. The "old Egg Harbor road" passed near 
his house, which was in after years kept as a tavern, although 
not noted as a place of resort. At a short distance south of 
this place the old road "forked;" the branch was called the 
Salem road, and crossed Timber creek at or near Clement's 
bridge. 

In 1720, John Hillman, by deed of gift, conveyed this tra6l 
of land to his son John, anticipating his will in that particular. 
The will bore date in 1707, but was not proved until 1729, soon 
after the decease of the testator. The inventory of his personal 
property amounted to one hundred and ninety-two pounds.^ 
His children appear to have been two sons and two daughters, 
Daniel, John, Ann and Abigail. Margaret, his widow, also sur- 
vived him. 

After the death of his father, John Hillman sold the home- 
stead ; but, by subsequent conveyances, it became the property 
of Joseph Hillman (a son of the second John), who lived there 
a short time, and, in 1760, sold the same to Daniel Scull, of 
Egg Harbor. In a few years after, it became part of the estate 
of John Gill, who devised a portion of it to his daughter Mary 
Roberts, during her natural life, and the remainder to her son, 
John Roberts; the latter sold his share many years before his 
death. For more than one hundred years the real estate upon 
which the first John Hillman settled, has been out of the name; 
it is now partly covered with the town of Snow Hill, and 
is divided among many owners. 

In 1745, John Hillman (the second), who married Abigail, 
a daughter of Joseph Bates, a resident of that sedion,'' pur- 



2 Gloucester Files, 1731. 

3 Lib. No. 3, 432, 



JOHN HILLMAN. 259 

chased about five hundred acres of land from Thomas Atkinson. 
This tra6l lay near the White Horse tavern, and extended from 
the south branch of Cooper's creek to the north branch of 
Timber creek.* To this land he removed, and built the house 
where now resides Hinchman Lippincott, whose farm is part of 
the original tra6l. Six years after this purchase, he bought at 
the sale of John Mickle, sheriff of Gloucester county, one 
hundred acres adjoining, as the property of Meam Southwick.* 
Included in the first purchase was a saw mill on Timber creek, 
which was owned by Thomas Webster, Thomas Atkinson, and 
Meam Southwick, and probably stood upon the site of the grain 
mill now the property of Ephraim Tomlinson. 

These lands were located by Abraham Porter, in 1714, '15 
and '16, who settled thereon, having his house near the south 
side of Cooper's creek, on the farm now owned by Josiah 
Jenkins, where he, in all probability, kept "bachelor's hall"® 
Of this person there does not appear to be any tradition or 
history among the people who now own and occupy his estate, 
nor can he be traced with any certainty through the record 
beyond his day and generation. It is evident that he was not 
a Quaker, as he was appointed captain in the military depart- 
ment of the province in 1722,' while William Burnett was 
governor, during the reign of George I of England; he was 
afterwards promoted to the rank of major.'" The little military 
spirit that had been developed among the people at that early 
day, in a neighborhood where the Quaker element overshadowed 
every other, would make it supposable that but few soldiers 
could be found thereabout. It is possible, however, that Capt. 
Porter did command a company of volunteers of the county of 
Gloucester, about one hundred and fifty years ago, and ad:ed 
as the escort of the Governor of the province in his "circuit" 
from one part of the State to another, to hold the assizes for 
the crown. 

These visits of the governor to the lower counties of the 
State were quite an event ; for, holding their commissions by 
appointment for the crown, they are exceedingly pun6liIious 



4 Lib. K, 85. 7 Lib. AAA, 182. 

5 Lib. K, 83. 8 Lib. AAA, 187. 

6 Basse's Book, 195. 



2 6o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and exa6ling in showing their authority, and, to that extent, 
made themselves obnoxious to our plain and matter-of-fa6l 
ancestors. The condu6l of Captain Porter must have pleased 
those who held the reins of government, for he was soon pro- 
moted to the rank of major, which position he could not have 
obtained, unless he had been recommended to the king by those 
whose prerogative it was to fill all such appointments. 

Abraham Porter did not live many years thereafter, as his 
will bears date 1729. It is a curious document, and discloses 
that he was a single man, or, if married, had no children.* He 
gave to the churches at Philadelphia, Burlington and Salem, 
each ten pounds ; to the minister at Raccoon, five pounds, and 
to the meetings at Haddonfield and Salem, five pounds, each. 
The estate upon which he resided, consisted of some twelve hun- 
dred acres, and he, no doubt, had a valuable personal property. 
Why he should have lived alone so far from the settled neigh- 
borhood, and in a place that was some distance from the nearest 
road, and that one but little traveled, is an inquiry that can not 
be answered at this late day. After his death, his executors sold 
the land, and nothing appears to indicate that any of the family 
have been in that region since. Although a military man and 
holding his commission from the king, yet he had regard to 
the advancement of religion and morality in West New Jersey, — 
a trait that commends his memory to the respect of all, and one 
well worthy of emulation. 

John Hillman lived on this tra6l of land many years, and, 
like many others, worked the timber that stood thereon into 
lumber and cord wood, hauling the same to Chew's Landing 
on Timber creek, whence it went by water to Philadelphia, to 
be sold. As his sons grew to be men, they likewise settled 
within the bounds of his surveys, and made farms for them- 
selves, each of which was surrounded by the primitive forest. 

In this, as in some other families, a few favorite names have 
been adhered to, names which, being attached to two or three 
living at the same time, mystify the genealogy when examined 
through a lapse of one hundred years. From this cause a gen- 
eration is sometimes left out or added; this error it is often 
impossible to corred;. 

9 Lib. No. 3, 94. 



JOHN HILLMAN. 261 

As before stated, John Hillman had two sons, Daniel and John, 
and, probably, a son Joseph. Daniel deceased in 1754, leaving 
his wife Elizabeth surviving him, and four sons, John, Daniel, 
James and Joseph.^" John deceased in 1764, leaving his wife 
Elizabeth surviving him, and five sons, Joab, Josiah, Daniel, 
James and John." Joseph died in 1768, his wife Drusilla, his 
sons, Daniel, Samuel, and a daughter, Letitia, surviving hira.^'^ 
By this it will be seen that each son had a son Daniel, and two 
of the sons had, each, a son John. One of these Daniels mar- 
ried Abigail Nicholson, and one of these Johns married Hannah 
Nicholson, both daughters of Samuel Nicholson, who lived in 
Waterford township, near the river Delaware. The difficulties 
of tracing a genealogy like this are at once apparent, and unless 
the family records are corre6lly and continuously kept, such dif- 
ficulties cannot be overcome. 

In 1745, John and Daniel Hillman purchased of Timothy 
Matlack a lot of land in Haddonfield, on the northwest side of 
the street, where the Methodist church now stands, extend- 
ing to John Gill's line. Part of this became the property of 
John Shivers in 1758, although a portion remained in the 
family for many years after. 

As an evidence of the little interest taken in agriculture 
during the first hundred and fifty years of the settlement of 
this part of New Jersey, it is worthy of notice that the lands 
of John Hillman, lying on the south side of Cooper's creek, 
and the lands of the sons of William Matlack, which lay on the 
north side of the same stream, were underlaid with green sand- 
marl, the fertilizing properties of which are now so well under- 
stood. The existence of this peculiar deposit must have been 
known to the dwellers in that region of country, for no well 
could be dug, or excavation made, in which it would not appear ; 
and yet there is no evidence that this material has been used 
upon the soil until within the last forty years. These estates 
taken together and, as originally held, extending from the 
north branch of Timber creek on the south, to the north 
branch of Cooper's creek on the north, covered very much 



10 Lib. No. 8, 367. 

11 Lib. No. 12, 8. 

12 Lib. No. 12, 496 



2 62 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of the green sand-marl belt in this region of country, — a deposit 
which has made it one of the best agricultural distri6ls in the 
State of New Jersey. Strange as this disregard for a fertilizer 
so convenient and abundant may seem, it is, nevertheless, true; 
and it can only be accounted for by the little value of farmers' 
produce, and the consequent lack of interest in seeking out any 
means to increase their crops or improve the soil. Commerce 
and manufa6luring had not been sufficiently developed to con- 
sume the excess that might have been thus produced ; therefore 
no inducements existed, either to increase the breadth of cleared 
land, or to advance the fertility of that already in use. 

New York and Philadelphia, in that day, made but little 
demand upon the country for their supplies, while the ashes 
arising from the consumption of wood, and the debris that 
colle6led in the street, were considered worthless, and given 
to such as would remove them out of reach. The diminitive 
barns and corn-cribs of the farmers of one hundred years ago 
would compare strangely with the capacious buildings that now 
stand upon the same land, filled to their utmost extent with the 
crops raised upon the same soil. 

Within the memory of the older people of the present day, 
the se6lion of country in question was covered with timber, 
interspersed with a few half cultivated farms, to which the 
Gloucester hunting-club looked for the best sport in their 
manly and exhilarating pastime. The thick underwood grow- 
ing from the rich soil made the best of cover for game ; 
and no little skill was necessary to drive Reynard forth, the 
securing of whose brush was the obje6l of the chase. The 
young men of the neighborhood joined with the club in these 
hunts, and showed as much horsemanship and daring as those 
better equipped and more accustomed. Among these was 
Jonas Cattell, whose knowledge of wood-craft and wonderful 
endurance made him ever welcome. So much was he liked, 
that the historian of the club secured his full length portrait, 
and made it a part of his book. 

"Delightful scene ! 
When all around is gay — men, horses, dogs ; 
And in each smiling countenance appear 
fresh blooming health, and universal joy." 



JOHN HILLMAN. 263 

Daniel Hillman settled on a tra6l of one hundred acres given 
to him by his father in his will, which he had purchased of 
William Sharp, the locator in 1701 ; and here Daniel erected a 
house and cleared his farm." This was situated in what was 
then Gloucester township, as distinguished from Gloucester 
town, but is now the township of Centre; it is partly included 
in the farm of Zophar C. Howell. His dwelling stood near the 
present farm house on the Howell estate, and, perhaps, was a 
substantial log cabin, with clay floor and stick chimney. Daniel 
gradually extended his estate towards the south, while it adjoined 
the lands of the Clarks on the west, and those of the Albertsons 
on the east, which are now owned by the heirs of Joseph Davis, 
deceased, and others in that region." 

The Salem road that branched from the Egg Harbor road 
near the residence of his father, as before named, passed through 
his land toward Clement's bridge and South Jersey. This road 
was undoubtedly an Indian trail, and, consequently, was used by 
our ancestors in traveling through the province, several years 
before the Legislature established the king's highway; which, 
although more diredl, was obje6tionable by reason of the many 
ferries to be passed on the route, found at every stream, where, 
at the present day, good and substantial bridges supply their 
places. Perhaps before Daniel, some one of the aborigines had 
cleared a few acres, upon which the female part of his family 
could raise their corn and pumpkins, while the head of the house 
and his able-bodied sons spent their time in hunting and fishing. 
All representations of Indian life prove that the women per- 
formed the drudgery and labor, while the men led a life of 
idleness and ease. These small spots of land, free from timber, 
were sought after by the first settlers, and were purchased from 
the Indians, as they facilitated farming operations, and saved 
much labor and expense. 

In 1754, Daniel Hillman died, and, by his will, gave this 
tra6l of land to his four sons, James, John, Daniel and Joseph, 
who held it for several years in common, and, doubtless, built 
dwellings for themselves on various parts of it.'^ In 1784, Jacob 



13 Lib. D, 50. Basse's Book, 50. 

J4LibM,76. I,ib. U, 65. Lib. T, 338, O. S. G. 

15 Lib. No. 8, 367. 



2 64 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Jennings became the owner of Joseph HilhTian's portion, and, 
the next year, re-surveyed the same.^" This inchided most of 
the one hundred acres located by William Sharp, and here stood 
the first dwelling of his father. In 1786, a re-survey was made 
of other parts of the said land ; after which it was sold, and 
none of the present generation of descendants have any estate 
therein/' James had died before this, and his property was 
represented by John Gill and his widow, then the wife of Joseph 
Garwood, as executors thereof. 

Samuel and Seth Hillman, sons of the third John, settled on 
land in Deptford towmship, Gloucester county, on Almonessing 
branch; which estate came to them from their grandfather, 
Daniel, who had purchased of John Ashbrook.^^ This family 
has now spread itself through nearly all the states of the Union 
and, dire6lly and collaterally, has a very extensive relationship. 
Of Daniel Hillman, there is one a6l worthy of notice, which 
proves that he was a man of foresight and good judgment, 
anticipating his wants and those of his children, as farmers. 
In 1726, in connexion with Joseph Lowe, he located the first 
tra6t of cedar swamp on Great Egg Harbor river, below where 
Berlin (Long-a-coming) now stands.'' It lay south of Blue 
Anchor, where tradition says that the Indian trail crossed the 
swamp, — the only trail known to have existed for many years. 
On the east side stood an Indian wigwam, where travelers 
were entertained before the white man came, and where a 
lodging place was kept for such as were going from one part of 
the State to the other. It is well known that, at Shamong in 
Burlington county, and at Tuckahoe in Cape May county, 
resided two powerful tribes of this peculiar people, who, being 
upon friendly terms, kept up a constant interchange of visits. 
In going from the one place to the other, they crossed at the 
point above named, where may yet be seen the remains of a 
rude bridge. The pathway through the swamp was narrow, 
crossing an island in its course, but generally going in a straight 
line. Its position is well defined, as the owners of timber now 
use it for a wagon road, thus turning to pra6tical purposes the 



16 Lib. T, 338, O. S. G. 18 Lib. U, 383, O. S. G 

17 Lib. U, 327, O. S. G, 19 Lib. M, 77 O. S. G. 



JOHN HILLMAN. 265 

path in which, in olden times, traveled the kings and queens 
of the aborigines of our land. In going eastward, the trail 
passed near where Blue Anchor tavern now stands, and where 
the Indian trail going from the ocean to the Delaware river 
was interse6led, a circumstance which, in all probability, gave 
rise to this once public place. Near the swamp may yet be 
seen the spot upon which stood the house of entertainment in 
which some Indian landlord dispensed cheer to all the passers 
by, and that without license, restraint or fear of law. 

This accounts for Daniel Hillman's sele6ling his traft of 
swamp at that place, while larger and more valuable timber 
stood in profusion, above and below the same. For some 
reason, this trail was abandoned, and another made about two 
miles lower down the river, where formerly stood the old 
Inskeep saw-mill. When the mill was first ere6led, has passed 
beyond the memory of man; but, in 1762, when John Inskeep 
made the survey where stood the building, he put a post as the 
commencement-corner by the east side of the river, "and where 
a ford crosseth the same." This was the Indian path going 
between the points before spoken of, as changed from the old 
track, and was used by them so long as any remained at both 
settlements. Here they generally made a resting place for the 
night, always camping in the open air, without regard to the 
season, and never remaining after the sun rose in the morning. 
David Beebe, lately deceased, whose father resided at that 
place, distinctly remembered that small companies of these 
people were wont to stop there for the night, and that the 
females visited the house during the evening. 



THE CLEMENTS. 



THE name of Gregory Clement is conne6led with one of 
the most important events of English history; with one 
of those convulsions of a nation that destroy its ancient land 
marks and ere6l new stru6lures upon their ruins; with one of 
those eras, the prominence and importance of which make new 
starting points for the religion, the morals, the habits and the 
politics of a people ; with one of the incidents, the causes of 
which, the means applied and the ends accomplished, have been 
a theme for historians, and a subje6l for moralists, ever since 
the causes, the means and the end, have had an existence. 

He was born when the seeds were being sown that produced 
oppression, bloodshed and revolution. His early life was spent 
among the contests for power and the lawful resistance of the 
people. His manhood brought him into contaft with those who 
knew no limit to royal authority, as well as with those who 
dared to threaten and accomplish their overthrow. His opin- 
ions and his chara6ler made him prominent among the men 
who were foremost in placing the government upon a new basis; 
among those who sat in judgment upon the condu6l of their 
king, and signed the warrant which brought that king to an 
ignominious death. 

The reign of Charles I. as Sovereign of England, from 1625 
to 1649, is crowded with the deeds of a people advancing step 
by step in civil and religious liberty. It is a period in which 
the vague and ill-defined outlines of the rights of citizens were 



268 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

coming into contadl with the kingly prerogative, and when the 
latent privileges of the subje6l, so long abridged, began to show 
signs of vitality and to bring forth some fruit. In like degree 
also, the abuse of power became more palpable, and bolder in 
the accomplishment of its purposes, culminating at last in the 
overthrow of the goveirnment, the execution of the king and 
the exile of the royal family. 

Then followed the Commonwealth, which brought to the 
surface the extravagance of religious fanaticism and the folly 
of political bigots, combined with visionary and speculative 
systems of government, each failing in its turn, and reje6led 
by the people. 

The trial of the king brought his judges into notice, who, 
upon the return of his son to the throne, became the especial 
obje6ts of punishment. The arrest of Gregory Clement is 
related in this narrative. It took place about the same time 
as those of his associates. Then followed the trials of the 
regicides, the history of which has been faithfully given by 
Mr. Cobbett in his "State Trials." Portions of these have 
been herein copied, and may not prove uninteresting to the 
reader. These trials began at Hick's Hall, Old Bailey, in 
the county of Middlesex, 06lober 9th, 1660. Twenty-nine 
persons were indi6led by the grand jury; as each was brought 
to the bar, he was charged. In the case of Gregory Clement, 
the language was as follows : 

Clerk. — "Gregory Clement hold up your hand. How sayest 
thou? Art thou guilty of the treason whereof thou standest in- 
di6led, and for which thou art now arraigned? — or not guilty?" 

Clement. — "My Lord, I cannot excuse myself in many par- 
ticulars; but, as to my indidlment as there it is, I plea'd not 
guilty." 

Clerk. — "How will you be tried?" 

Clement. — "By God and the Country." 

Clerk. — "God send you a good deliverance." 

At this stage of the proceedings much altercation took place 
between some of the prisoners and the court, in regard to the 
form and substance of the various charges laid, which occa- 
sioned considerable delay and confusion. On the third day 



THE CLEMENTS. 269 

Thomas Harrison, Adrian Scroop, John Carew, John Jones, 
Gregory Clement and Thomas Scot were brought into court 
for the purpose of being tried together; but, on account of the 
trouble in regard to the challenging of jurors, the court deter- 
mined to try them separately. Near the close of the fourth 
day's proceedings, Gregory Clement was again brought to the 
bar, and, being called, retra6led his plea of not guilty. Sir 
Orlando Bridgman, Lord Chief Baron and president of the 
court, then asked him, as follows : 

Lord Chief Baron. — "If you do confess your offence, your 
petition will be read." 

Clement. — " I do, my Lord." 

Lord Chief Baro7i. — "If you do confess (that you may 
understand it), you must, when you are called (and when the 
jury are to be charged), you must say, if you will have it go 
by way of confession, that you may waive your former plea and 
confess the fact." 

Clerk. — "Gregory Clement, you have been indicted of high 
treason, for compassing and imagining the death of his late 
Majesty, and you have pleaded not guilty : are you content 
to waive your plea, and confess it?" 

Clement. — "I do confess myself to be guilty, my Lord !" 

Clerk. — -"Set him aside." 

Many of the prisoners followed this example, seeing, as they 
did, that there was no escape under the ruling of the court 
and the prejudice of the people. At the close of the several 
trials, each person convi6ted received the following sentence : 

"That you be led back to the place from whence you came, 
and from thence to be drawn upon a hurdle to the place of 
execution ; and there you shall be hanged by the neck, and, 

being alive, shall be cut down and ■ , your 

entrails to be taken out of your body, and (you living) the 
same to be burnt before your eyes ; and your head to be cut 
off, your body to be divided into four quarters, and head and 
quarters to be disposed of at the pleasure of the King's 
Majesty — and the Lord have mercy on your soul." 

Barbarous as this sentence may appear, yet it was literally 
carried out ; and many revolting scenes occurred at Charing 



2 70 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Cross, where these sentences were executed, 06tober 17. The 
next day after being sentenced, Gregory Clement and Thomas 
Scot were taken on the same sled to the scaffold, disem- 
boweled and quartered in the presence of an immense throng 
of spe6lators. 

Of the subje6l of this sketch, it is recorded that "he was 
very silenl both in the time of his imprisonment at Newgate 
and at the time of his execution at Charing Cross ; only it is said 
that he expressed his trouble (to some of his friends in prison) 
for yielding so far the importunities of his relations as to plead 
guilty to the indictment; and, though he spoke little at the 
place of execution, yet, so far as could be judged by some 
discerning persons that were near him, he departed this life 
in peace." 

Another historian of the times says, "these victims were 
hanged, and, before life was extin6t, were cut down, and their 
bowels taken out and burned in their presence. It is said of 
General Harrison, that, while cutting open his body, he rose 
up and struck the executioner on the ear. ' ' 

When Col. Jones, the last victim of that day, was brought 
to the scaffold, the hangman was so horrified with what was 
passing around him, that he fell fainting to the ground ; while 
his son, as his assistant, carried out the sentence of the law. 
Revolting as it was, it refle6led the tone of public sentiment 
at the time, which can only be offered as an explanation, and 
not as an apology, for such administration of justice. 

Ludlow, in his narrative of these dreadful events, says of 
Gregory Clement: "He was chosen a member of Parliament 
about the year 1646, and discharged that trust with -great dili- 
gence ; always joining with those who were most affe6lionate 
to the commonwealth, though he never was possessed of any 
place of profit under them. Being appointed one of the com- 
missioners for the trial of the king, he durst not refuse his 
assistance in that service. He had no good elocution, but his 
apprehension and judgment were not to be despised. He 
declared before his death, that nothing troubled him so much 
as his pleading guilty at the time of his trial to satisfy the 
importunity of his relations ; by which he had rendered him- 
self unworthy to die in so glorious a cause." 



THE CLEMENTS. 271 

Stiles, in his Lives of the Regicides, says: "He was a 
citizen of London — a merchant, and a trader with Spain. He 
returned to Parliament in 1646. He sat in the trial of Charles 
I., on January 8, 22, 23 and 29, 1648. He was expelled from 
Parliament for some misdemeanor, and did not return until 
after Cromwell's death. He secreted himself in a house near 
Gray's Inn, and was dete6led by better eatables being carried 
there than generally went into such humble habitations, and, 
upon search being made, he was discovered and arrested May 
26, 1660." There was much difficulty in identifying him, 
until a blind man, who happened to hear him speak, and then 
said : "That is Gregory Clement : I know his voice." 

The Rev. Mark Noble, in his Lives of the Regicides, Vol. I, 
page 145, says of Gregory Clement: "It is probable he was a 
cadet of a knightly family in Kent, and that Major William 
Clement in the London militia was his son." 

Immediately after the Restoration, those in authority set 
about the trial and punishment of the judges of the king's 
father, using the greatest vigilence to prevent their escape from 
England. A strange feature is that so few seemed to antici- 
pate the certain consequence of remaining within the realm, 
and fell an easy prey to their enemies. The shadows of coming 
events could not have been mistaken, and the wonder is that all 
such as participated in the trial of the king, did not flee from 
their country and avoid what was sure to follow. Much to 
the credit of Charles II, but six of those who sat in the trial 
were executed, while the others were placed in the various 
prisons of the country, and soon passed into obscurity. The 
estate of Gregory Clement being confiscated, his family was 
scattered, and one of his sons, James, and his wife Jane, 
emigrated to Long Island in the year 1670. The family is 
extensive in England, and can be traced from before the tenth 
century down through the various political and religious 
changes that have occurred in the nation since that time. 
The wife of William Penn was one of the branches of the 
family ; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has colledted 
and published some interesting correspondence between the 
widow of that great man and Simon Clement, her uncle. 



272 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

James could not have been blessed with much of this world's 
goods at his first coming, for, in the valuation of estates in 
Flushing in 1675, where he then lived, he is rated with four 
acres of land, three cows, two young cattle, and two pigs.^ 
The inference is that he was a member of the religious Society 
of Friends, which inference is strengthened by his subsequent 
conduct. At the time of the ere(5lion of the Friends' meeting 
house at the place last named, (1695), James Clement prepared 
the deed for the lot upon which the house was to be built, and 
recorded the same; for which service he received eleven shillings 
and four pence. He also did some work about the building, and 
received in payment a small pittance; all of which appears 
among the papers of the society still in existence. In 1702, he 
was one of the grand jury of Queens' county, that was diredled, 
in the charge of the court, to find bills of indi6lment against 
Samuel Bownas, an eminent Quaker preacher and one known to 
all readers of the history of that se6l. This the grand jury refused 
to do ; and the refusal led to much bitter controversy between 
the judge and that body. Friend Bownas was then in prison, and 
so remained for nearly a year, as the judge hoped that the next 
jury empaneled would listen to his charge with more respe6l, 
and obey his commands." He fell into a like mistake the second 
time, and ultimately released his prisoner and abandoned the 
prosecution. This proceeding was chara6leristic of Lord Corn- 
bury towards this class of citizens throughout both provinces, 
and frequently led to trouble between that officer and the 
people, especially in West New Jersey. 

During the year 1676, and while John Fenwick was a prisoner 
in the fort at New York, Jacob Clement became one of the 
witnesses to several deeds executed by Fenwick to purchasers 
in Salem county, N. J.^ This person was probably a brother of 
James, as it was two years before his son of that name was born. 
He may have been a resident of that city and have remained 
there, but his descendants are not known in these latitudes. 

James Clement was somewhat of a public man in the affairs 
of the county wherein he lived, and, so far as can be discovered, 

1 Doc. His. of N. Y., Vol. 2, p 263. 

2 Thompson's History of Long Island. 

3 Salem Records, No, i. 



THE CLEMENTS. 273 

discharged his duties acceptably. His second wife was Sarah, 
a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Field. He died in 1724, 
leaving a will, his wife dying the same year. The names of 
his children, and the time of their births were as follows : James, 
born 1670, who married Sarah Hinchman ; Sarah, born 1672, 
who married William Hall, of Salem county, N. J. (second 
wife); Thomas, born 1674; John, born 1676; Jacob, born 
1678, who married Ann Harrison, daughter of Samuel ; Joseph, 
born 1681 ; Mercy, born 1683, who married Joseph Bates; 
Samuel, born 1685, and Nathan, born 1687.* The only persons 
of the family that can be traced to Gloucester county, were 
Jacob, Thomas, John, Sarah and Mercy, who emigrated from 
Long Island with the families of Samuel Harrison, John Hinch- 
man and some others, about the year 1700. In a sketch of the 
history of the Presbyterian Church of West Jersey, made by the 
Rev. Allen H. Brown, he states that John Clement was employed 
in 1 716, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, to preach at Glou- 
cester and Pilesgrove ; this person was, in all probability, the 
son of James. If so, he had laid aside his Quakerism and had 
entered a new ifield of religious duties, the antipodes of that 
which he had left. His labors extended over a large territory, 
which is now occupied by his own and other denominations, — 
showing by their a6livity that the religious sentiment of our 
people has kept pace with their material advancement. 

Jacob and Thomas purchased lots at Gloucester and resided 
there for several years. ^ Jacob was a shoemaker, and plied his 
calling in the old fashioned style, going to the dwellings of 
most his employers to do the work for the family. This was 
called "cat-whipping," and, like the harvests of our forefathers, 
generally ended in a hard-cider frolic, accompanied with an all 
night's dance. These times, like the pleasant traditions that 
surrounded them, have passed away, and, by reason of modern 
innovations, may never be renewed. 

William Hall, who married Sarah, came to Salem county in 
1677. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pyle. 
She died in 1699, leaving three daughters. The children of 



4 Lib. DD, 449. 

5 Lib. Q, 182. 



2 74 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Sarah were William, born 1701 ; Clennent, born 1706, and 
Nathaniel, born 1709. From these sons have come some of the 
most respe6lable families in West Jersey, at one time holding 
extensive trails of real estate. Branches, dire6l and collateral, 
may be found in every state in the Union, still retaining the 
elements of wealth and respe6lability. 

From Jacob, John and Thomas Clement, therefore, must the 
family name be traced in West New Jersey ; which has also 
spread far beyond the limits of this part of the State since the 
first coming. In this immediate neighborhood, the children of 
Jacob and Ann Clement represent the family, from whom have 
come the direct and collateral branches thereof. They were 
Samuel, who married Rebecca Collins, daughter of Joseph and 
Catharine ; Thomas, who married Mary Tily ; Jacob, who 
married Elizabeth Tily, daughters of Nathaniel, a cooper, and 
resident of Gloucester; Ann, who married Joseph Harrison; 
Sarah and Mary. 

In the year 1735, Joseph and Catherine Collins executed a 
deed to Samuel and Rebecca Clement, for a large tra6l of land 
at Haddonfield, extending from the main street southwardly to 
a line running from Cooper's creek westerly, a line at this day 
entirely obliterated.® The consideration for this was one hun- 
dred pounds, and the annual payment of ten pounds so long as 
the survivor of the said Joseph and Catherine should live, — 
a circumstance significant of the good feeling existing between 
the parents and children. Upon this property Samuel Clement 
lived for many years, a consistent member of the Society of 
Friends and a participant in the political affairs of his day and 
generation. Being a pradical surveyor, he was intrusted with 
the running and settlement of the several township lines of the 
county of Gloucester, and also of the boundaries between that 
and Burlington and Salem counties. This was done in 1765; 
it was the first attempt clearly to define these disputed matters, 
which had caused much quarreling among the inhabitants, and 
some litigation between the several incorporations. This duty 
Samuel Clement discharged faithfully, and the papers conneded 
therewith are still in good preservation, 

6 Lib. EF, 65. 



THE CLEMENTS. 275 

Jacob Clement was a tanner. He settled in Haddonfield in 
1743, where he purchased land of Timothy Matlack and William 
Miller.' His property was opposite the "temperance house" 
in the village, and joined Sarah Norris's lot on the east ; there 
he carried on considerable trade.* In those days, most of the 
hides were procured from the people living along the sea coast, 
who took in exchange the leather already prepared for use ; thus 
keeping up a business intercourse, although separated by many 
miles of dreary forest travel. The people of the present gen- 
eration, who move with railroad speed, cannot appreciate the 
patience of our ancestors in performing these journeys, some- 
times with teams of oxen, heavy, badly built wagons, and upon 
the worst of highways. 

Mercy Clement, who married Joseph Bates, settled with her 
husband on land which he had purchased of Joseph Thorne, 
which lay on the south side of the south branch of Cooper's 
creek, about where the White Horse tavern now stands. None 
of the estate has been in the name or family for many years, 
and it would be difficult to trace the maternal blood in that line 
at the present day.^ The family name of Clement is sometimes 
confounded with that of Edward Clemenz, who purchased a 
tra6l of land lying in the forks of the north and the south branch 
of Cooper's creek, near Haddonfield. There is no question of 
the distin6tion ; as the first is English, and terminates with /, 
while the last is German and ends with z. In 1684, Edward 
Clemenz, who was called "captain," removed from Long 
Island to a tra6l of land which he had purchased in Middlesex 
county, N. J., on the south branch of Raritan river; whence 
he came in 1692, and settled on the land first named. He 
established a landing where the two streams came together, 
which, at that time, was the head of navigation and, for many 
years after, a place of much business. In his will he gave the 
landing and a few acres of land to his daughter Hannah Axford, 
whose name was attached thereto and has ever after so remained. 

Edward Clemenz deceased in 1715, leaving five children,^" 
namely : Edward, who married Elizabeth Allen, a daughter of 



7 Lib. HH, gi 
3 Lib. L, 35. 
■) Lib. A, 84. 



2 76 FIRST EMIGRANT SET TIERS. 

Judah and Deborah, (which Deborah was a daughter of John 
Adams, one of the first settlers at Moorestown, Burlington 
countyj ; Hannah, who married Jonathan Axford ; Sarah, who 
married Thomas Cheeseman ; Rachel ; and Mary, who married 
Thomas Bates. Edward removed to Chester township, Bur- 
lington county, where he died in 1746, leaving his widow and 
three sons, Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim." In 1764, Judah 
purchased a tra6l of land of John Burrough, Jr., (late part of 
the estate of David D. Burrough, deceased,} near Ellisburg, 
W'lereon he settled. This was sold from him by the Sheriff in 
1785 to Jacob Haines, who conveyed part to Esther Clemenz, 
the wife of Judah and, perhaps, the daughter of the grantor, 
in 1789. Some portions of this branch of the family still reside 
in this neighborhood. By the marriage of Jonathan and Han- 
nah Axford there was one child, who deceased before the 
mother. The landing and surrounding property they sold to 
John Gill in 1763; these have been out of the name for many 
years. 

The descendants of Thomas and Mary Bates reside in this 
se6lion of the country, intermarried with many of the old 
families, but not occupying any of the estate coming from their 
German ancestor, and having scarcely enough of the native 
blood to make it traceable. 



10 Lib. No. z, 2. 

11 Lib. No. 5, 283. 



HENRY STACY. 



ROBERT STACY was one of the persons who came to 
West New Jersey in 1678, to represent the interests of 
the Yorkshire owners of the land that they had taken of 
Edward Byllinge, in consideration of moneys which he owed 
them, and which he was otherwise unable to pay.' Joseph 
Helmsley and William Emley were his associates, together with 
Thomas Olive, Daniel Wills, John Penford and Benjamin Scott, 
who represented the London owners, and who also became 
seized of these lands from the same person and for the same 
reasons. Robert Stacy first settled at Burlington in discharge 
of his duties imposed upon him as commissioner; he here 
became a leading member in the Society of Friends, and took 
part in the political affairs of the colony. His occupation was 
that of a tanner; this business he did not resume until his 
removal to Philadelphia, which occurred a few years after his 
arrival; he there remained until his death.''' Among his chil- 
dren was a son Henry, who, together with his wife Mary, came 
to New Jersey soon after his father, and also settled at or near 
Burlington. Besse, in his "Sufferings of Friends," mentions 
that Henry Stacy was taken, on two different occasions, from 
religious meetings at Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, to prison, 
and there detained for some time. This was in 1660 and 1662 ; 
the subje6l of this sketch was, doubtless, the same person. 



1 Gordon's History of New Jersey, 39. 

2 Lib. G3, 128. 



2 78 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

During his stay here he was appointed to a membership in the 
governor's council, a position at that day given only to persons 
of talent and stri6l integrity, and a station which was one of 
the most responsible and difficult to fill.* 

In addition to the inducements offered by his father's coming 
here, he was perhaps tempted to try his fortunes in the new 
colony by letters sent to him from those already settled, whose 
representations of the country and its productions were cer- 
tainly very flattering. A letter from John Cripps to Henry 
Stacy will show in what light New Jersey was held by those 
already here, in early times; and how they wrote to their 
friends still in England, whom they sought to induce to follow 
them to a countr}' that had so many advantages. It is as follows : 

"From Burlington in Delaware River, | 

The 26th of the Eighth Month, 1677. \ 

"Dear Friend: — Through the mercy of God we are safely 
arrived at New Jersey; my wife and all mine are very well, and 
we have our healths rather better here than we had in England ; 
indeed the country is so good that I do not see how it can rea- 
sonably be found fault with. As far as I perceive, all the things 
we heard of it in England are very true, and I wish that many 
people (that are in straits) in England were here. Here is 
good land enough lies void that would serve many thousands of 
families, and we think if they cannot live here they can hardly 
live in any place in the world ; but we do not desire to persuade 
any to come but such as are well satisfied in their own mind. 
A town lot is laid out for us in Burlington, which is a conven- 
ient place for trade. It is about one hundred and fifty miles 
up the Delaware ; the country and air seem to be very agreeable 
to our bodies, and we have very good stomachs to our vi6luals. 
Here is plenty of provision in the country; plenty of fish and 
fowl, and good venison very plentiful and much better than ours 
in England, for it eats not so dry, but is full of gravy like fat 
young beef. You that come after us need not fear the -trouble 
that we have had, for now is land here ready divided against 
you come. The Indians are very loving to us, except here and 



3 Learning & Spicer's Lavv.^i. 



HENRY STACY. 279 

there one, when they have gotten strong liquor in their head, 
which they now greatly love. But for the country, in short I 
like it very well, and I do believe that this river of Delaware is 
as good a river as most in the world. It exceeds the river 
Thames by many degrees. 

"Here is a town laid out for twenty proprieties, and a straight 
line drawn from the river side up the land which is to be the 
Main street, and a market place about the middle. The York- 
shire ten proprietors are to build on one side, and the London 
ten on the other side, and they have ordered one street to be 
made along the river side which is not divided with the rest, 
but in small lots by itself, and every one that hath any part in 
a propriety is to have his share in it. The town lots for every 
propriety will be about ten or eleven acres, which is only for a 
house, orchard, and gardens; and the corn and pasture grounds 
are to be laid off in great quantities. 

"I am thy loving friend, 

"John Cripps."* 

Many such letters as the above were written by tlie new 
comers to their friends in England and Ireland, some of which 
were published as circulars among the people, and aided much 
in the settlement of the colony. In 1698, Gabriel Thomas 
published a History of West New Jersey, where, as he says, 
he "resided about fifteen years;" it is a small book of thirty- 
four pages, part of which is taken up with a glossary of Indian 
names and translations. This curious old document was lost 
sight of and remained out of print for many years, until a copy 
was secured by Henry A. Brady, of New York city, who had 
the same faithfully lithographed and a few copies reprinted, 
most of which found their way into the various public libraries 
of the country. Gabriel excels all in his praises of the land 
and climate in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is only equaled 
by some of the papers put forth by sharp land-speculators of 
the present day, by which many verdant folks are sadly cheated. 

Henry Stacy did not remain here many years; he returned 
with his family to England in 1683, and settled at Stepney, 

4 Smith's History of New Jersey. 

5 Learning and Spicer's Laws. 



28o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

near London, where he deceased in 1689/ He had four chil- 
dren, namely: Samuel, who died young; Elizabeth, who mar- 
ried William Burge in 1705, and settled in Philadelphia; Mary, 
who married Jonathan Wilson, and resided in London;' and 
Sarah, who married Robert Montgomery, and lived in New 
Jersey.* 

In 1683, ^^""d before his departure for England, Henry Stacy 
.made a location of four hundred and ninety acres of land in 
Newton township, near the head of the middle branch of 
Newton creek, and east of the Graysbury land.* By his will 
all the real estate was given to his children ; and, by division of 
the same effe6led in 1711, the tra6l of land above named 
became the property of Sarah, the wife of Robert Mont- 
gomery.'" About the year 1715, Robert Montgomery built a 
house on this tra6l of land, and removed thither from Mon- 
mouth county, where he had previously resided. 

On April ist, 1715, Robert Montgomery and Sarah, his wife, 
conveyed forty acres of land to Jonathan Bolton and Hannah, 
his wife, being part of the survey before spoken of. The deed 
is a curious document, the purpose being to secure some means 
by which the children of the grantors might have an opportunity 
for education." Jonathan was a shoemaker, and came from 
Burlington county together with his wife Hannah, who appears 
as an important personage in the transa6lion. The lot con- 
veyed adjoined Thomas Miller's and Joseph Hinchman's land, 
"to be laid out proportionately in one entire square tradl until it 
amount to forty acres, — to the said Jonathan and Hannah, his 
wife, for ninety-nine years, if the said Jonathan and Hannah 
shall so long live, or either of them durmg their natural lives." 
The consideration was the "paying of one ear of Indian corn 
yearly; and that the said Hannah shall, at any time hereafter — 
as soon as the said Bolton shall get a house built fit to live in — 
teach or instru61;, or cause to be taught or instru6led, to read 
English and to do seamstry work, or any other a6t or parts of 
a6ts that she, the said Hannah, is capable to perform, or inform 

6 Lib, AAA, 128, 9 Kevel's Book, 37. 

7 Lib. CH, 80. . 10 Lib. A, 33. 

8 Lib. A, 33. II Lib. A, 90. 



HENRY STACY. 281 

or direct all the children of the said Montgomery and Sarah his 
wife, or either of them, or their children, as it may happen, or 
any child belonging to their family that they shall think fit to 
send to learn." Whether the said Hannah possessed any quali- 
fications to discharge the duties thus imposed, does not appear ; 
and whether the said Jonathan was to assist in the intervals of 
his " making and mending," is also in obscurity ; yet it may be 
assumed that this was the first institution of learning established 
in the eastermost part of Newton township ; and it shows the 
liberality of the founder to have been applied in a commendable 
direction. The covenants on the part of the said Jonathan and 
Hannah were equally curious. They were not to put any other 
person in their place or stead ; were not to take more than one 
crop of winter corn off the premises in each three years ; nor to 
sell, steal or waste any timber, except for rails or fire wood. The 
agreement on the part of Jonathan and Hannah that they would 
not steal the timber, would imply that Henry and Sarah ques- 
tioned their honesty, but were forced to entrust the education 
of their children to them by reason of the few persons suitable 
for such a purpose. The contra6ling parties appear to have 
understood each other in this matter, and considered it best to 
use plain terms, not susceptible of double meaning or contro- 
versy. On what part of the survey was laid out this proportion- 
ately square tradt of land, or, on what part of the same, Jonathan 
and Hannah ere6led their seminary, no means are at hand to 
discover ; a regret that all must feel, in view of its being the 
spot where commenced the intelleclual development of our 
country, at least in this particular seftion. Jonathan and Han- 
nah's house, "fit to live in," was nothing more than a log 
cabin, of one room. The furniture was in keeping, and the 
accommodation of the scholars may well be conje6lured. Little 
patience and plenty of birch were part of the system of instruc- 
tion in those days, and lessons in "reading, writing and 
cyphering" were frequently enforced in this way, and thus 
made a lasting impression upon the mind of the pupil. With 
the approbation of parents, the pedagogue became the terror 
of the rising generation in general, and of evil-doers in par- 
ticular. 



FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

" Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace 
The day's disasters in his morning face. 
Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, 
At all his jokes ; for many a joke had he ; 
Full well the busy whisper, circling round, 
Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. 
Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, 
The love he bore to learning was in fault. 



But past is all his fame. The very spot 
Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot." 

This survey .lay east of, and adjoining the Graysbury land, 
bounded partly by Newton creek and extending to John Had- 
don's estate; now owned by Rhoda Hampton, the Websters, 
and others. The house ere6led by Robert Montgomery stood 
near the late residence of John M. Whitall, deceased, at a short 
distance east of the old Philadelphia and Egg Harbor road, 
which then crossed Newton creek at Atmore's dam. After 
residing here for a few years, the owners of the land broke up 
their establishment, and returned to Monmouth county, leaving 
no one of the name within the limits of Old Newton. Of the 
Montgomery family, Thomas H. Montgomery, of Philadelphia, 
has published a valuable genealogical history, showing a com- 
mendable industry, of much credit to the author and interest to 
the reader. 



JOHN HUGG. 



THERE is no one thing that interferes so much with the 
conne6ling of events in the early history of the settlement 
of New Jersey with the adventurers who originated them, as 
the loss of the names of the passengers that came over in the 
first ships. This was one of the difficulties that Samuel Smith 
sought to overcome in the first history of the State; but the 
fewness of the names which he secured, and the meagreness of 
the sketches given in his book, show that he has failed in this 
particular. In isolated cases a family of emigrants may be 
traced beyond the sea; but this is the case only when litigated 
estates find a record among the archives of the Commonwealth, 
involving the particular family before such emigration took 
place. It is remarkable that corre6l and complete records were 
not kept by the proprietors, in whose interest most of the early 
settlers came, and from whom the title to their land had to be 
derived. If such were now in existence, much valuable and 
interesting information could be obtained. The number and 
the names of the vessels that arrived here have but a vague and 
uncertain account rendered of them, while the families and 
individuals which they brought, in very many instances, have 
been lost sight of altogether. The first record of Salem colony, 
in 1675, gives the names of most of the persons that came over 
with John Fenwick ; but there doubtless were many names of 
heads of families, and of those who afterwards became such, 
that were left out of these lists ; and the connedlion of such 
with their settlement at home has thus been entirely destroyed. 



284 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The court minutes of Burlington, commenced in 1680 — a curious 
volume in its way, also give the names of most of the free- 
holders that arrived ; but they are silent concerning such as 
neither held land, nor fell into litigation with their neighbors, 
constituting a large number, perhaps, a majority of those that 
made up the community. 

Through this kind of negleft, it is impossible to trace the 
history of persons whose participation in the affairs of the 
colony rendered them prominent during their day and genera- 
tion ; of whose antecedents as well as those of their ancestors, 
it would be desirable to know something. The subje6l of this 
sketch is in this category. 

John Hugg was probably an Irishman, coming from the parish 
of Castle Ellis, in the county of Wexford, Ireland.^ Although 
not a partner in the Newton settlement, he had some dealings 
with those adventurers, and was acquainted with them in the 
mother country. He was a Friend, since, in 1669, he was 
imprisoned for not paying a tax to repair the church at Rosan- 
ellis, Queens' county, Ireland.'^ He was a man of considerable 
estate, but was not a partner in the enterprise that brought his 
wife's family to New Jersey, neither does his name appear in 
any of the proceedings in relation to the title of their land. 
His first residence stood upon the Browning estate, where Little 
Timber creek falls into Great Timber creek, but a short distance 
from the river Delaware, commanding a view of both streams, 
as well as of much of the river before his house. For the pur- 
poses of a landing, and for the accommodation of the immediate 
neighborhood, none better could be procured ; this made it a 
public place for many years after the death of the first owner, 
as a wharf for wood and lumber to be taken away, and for hay 
brought thither from the river islands, to be consumed among 
the farmers in that region. 

His first location included five hundred acres, which he pur- 
chased of Robert' Zane in 1683; the property was bounded by 
both streams, extending more than a mile up the same, and by a 
line running nearly south from one to the other. ^ At this writing, 



1 Lib. EF, 246. 

2 Friends' Writings. 

3 Revel's Book, 55. 



JOHN HUGG. 285 

it is probable that very little of the old head-line is in existence, 
as the exchange and division of real estate adjoining the same, 
since its first running, have destroyed its identity.* For some 
reason, the owner devised part of said traft of land to his great- 
grand-son William Hugg, who did not come into possession of 
the same for nearly a half century, — showing the desire on the 
part of the donor to keep his estate in the name and family.^ 
During that lapse of time, a bridge was built over the Great 
Timber Creek, and a highway established between Salem and 
Burlington, Avhich has also been changed and improved since 
the first laying out. What was then an unbroken forest, has in 
these latter years been brought into cultivation, and is now 
among the most valuable of our real estate. 

The place where John Hugg's house stood has much of his- 
toric interest about it from the fa6l of its being claimed as the 
spot where stood Fort Nassau, which was built by the Dutch in 
1623, and was the first attempt at settlement by the Europeans 
on the shores of the river Delaware. This, for many years, has 
been a mooted question among historians without any approach 
to a conclusion, and it may always so be. Of the existence 
of such fort, called by that name, built by the Hollanders and 
near that place, there can be no doubt ; yet the exa6l spot 
where it stood will always remain an open question, and a 
fruitful subject of controversy among antiquarians. On Van- 
derdonck's map of 1656, it is placed below the mouth of 
Great Timber creek. The map found in Campanius's history 
has the fort in the same place, and Gabriel Thomas marks it 
upon his map as a Dutch fort above the mouth of Cooper's 
creek. Upon a map of the Dutch and Swedish settlements 
along the Delaware, attached to Ferris' s history, this point of 
dispute is placed where the city of Gloucester now stands, and 
is stated to have been ere6led twenty years before the fort at 
Elsinburg was built, or a settlement attempted to be made at 
that place. Other maps made in the interest of the various 
claimants, extending in date from 1656 to 1702, put the fort in 
different places, but always within a few miles of the mouth of 



4 Dividend Book, 21, O. S. G. 

5 Bull's Book, io6, O, S. G. 



286 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Timber creek ; but as none of these were published until after 
it was destroyed by the natives, such authorities may themselves 
be questionable upon this subjedl. 

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, being much inter- 
ested in the settlement of this question, in 1852 appointed a 
committee to institute inquiries touching the location of Fort 
Nassau, in which Edward Armstrong, of Philadelphia, took an 
a6live part, and visited several places near Gloucester for that 
purpose.® From what was colle6led, this gentleman prepared 
and read a paper before that Society, and also before the New 
Jersey Association ; this paper was exhaustive and interesting, 
yet he leaves the difficulty about where he found it, to be pursued 
by some ambitious person determined to accomplish that in 
which all his predecessors have failed. The attention of Mr. 
Armstrong was called to the particular spot above named by 
John Redfield, a gentleman who has for many years resided in 
the neighborhood, and taken much interest in the discovery of 
the site of the old fort. 

A daughter of this gentleman having upon one occasion 
brought home a rare flower from the river shore, one which, 
he suspe6led, was not indigenous, he visited the spot where it 
was plucked, and found pieces of Dutch brick and ware near 
by, and portions of a wall surmounted by a few logs, indicating 
the remains of a redoubt or building ere6led for defence. This 
evidence is certainly very strong, and, in the absence of better, 
will go far towards settling this much vexed question. The 
interval of two hundred and forty-six years leaves a wide gap in 
the history of events ; and a careful preservation of interme- 
diate occurrences must happen, or else the corroding hand of 
time will destroy every trace. 

Whether the house of John Hugg stood upon the site of the 
old fort, partly built of Dutch brick and surrounded by Dutch 
flowers, cannot be settled at this writing, but it is certain that 
he remained there until his death, which occurred in 1706.'' 
His children consisted of four sons : John, who married Priscilla 
Collins ; Elias, who married Margaret Collins (both daughters 
of Francis) ; Joseph, who married Sarah ; and Charles. 

6 Proceedings of N. J. His. Society, Vol, 6, loo, 102, 157, 185. 

7 Lib. No. I, 166. 



JOHN HUGG. 287 

He was probably a middle-aged man when he came to New 
Jersey, and his children of marriageable age, for they soon set- 
tled around him and became prominent citizens. Excepting as 
a member of the colonial Legislature in 1685, he does not appear 
to have participated in political affairs, and but little is known 
of him beyond his buying and selling of real estate in the 
se6lion where he lived.* Among that which he disposed of, was 
a lot in Gloucester, sold to Henry Jennings, of Salem, in 1703.' 

This is probably the individual about whom so much inquiry 
has been made, as being the conne6ling link between a large 
number of descendants scattered through this region, and a 
fabulous amount of money held in abeyance in the strong 
government chest in old England, seeking for an owner through 
his blood. He was a son of William and Mary Jennings, of 
the parish of Clemond-deane, in the county of Surrey, Eng- 
land. He was born 7th month, 21st, 1642, and married Margaret 
Busse, of the parish of St. Bartholomew, London, ist month, 
i8th, 1666, a daughter of Paul Busse of York city. '° Their last 
abode before emigrating was at Kingston-near-on-the-Thames. 
They came to Salem in the ship Kent, and arrived 6th month, 
23d, 1677. By occupation, he was a tailor. He became the 
owner of considerable estate in Salem and the neighborhood, 
where he remained several years after his settlement there. '^ 
His name frequently occurs among those of the first settlers ; 
but whether he was the prospective heir to the immense estates 
which his descendants claim for him, may appear in the future. 
He removed to Philadelphia, where he deceased in 1705, leaving 
but a small family and a limited amount of property. ^^ 

His widow survived him, and in her will made mention of 
his family, and thus did much to conne6l her husband with those 
of that name in these parts, with which, with but little trouble, 
the relation could be made complete." In that vvriting she gave 
a portion of her real estate to Isaac Jennings and Sarah Jennings, 
'■^reputed son and daughter of my husband, Henry Jennings,'''' — a 
significent expression, and one that may clear up a long con- 
tinued difficulty. 



8 Lib. 03,470. II Salem Records. 

9 Basse's Book, iii, 12 Files of Salem Wills. 
10 Salem Records. 13 Gloucester Files, 1718. 



288 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

As a starting point, however, his settlement here is material, 
and, if accepted as a basis, might lead to valuable developments 
in both diredlions. If the half be true that is said of the 
barrels of coin and square miles of land awaiting the lawful 
claimants, more persistent efforts may be made to secure their 
distribution among the patient, yet hopeful owners. 

John Hugg, Jr., was one of the most a6live public men of his 
day. For six years from 1695, he was one of the judges of the 
several courts of Gloucester county, and, for ten years, was 
sele6led by the governor as one of his council, an evidence 
of his worth as a just and upright man. \\\ 1703, he was 
appointed one of the commissioners to purchase land of the 
Indians, and to adopt a plan with that people to colle6l them 
together in certain localities in West Jersey, — a duty which 
required good judgment and much delicacy, so as to avoid 
the difficulties that generally attend such undertakings, and 
frequently led to the shedding of blood. The strong attach- 
ment of the Indian to the home of his childhood and the graves 
of his ancestors, has always been a marked feature in him, and 
the attempt to break in upon these feelings has seldom ended in 
peace. In the discharge of these duties, however, the commis- 
sioners accomplished everything, and, in after years, the last of 
this people took their departure for other and better hunting 
grounds, without a word of censure or reproach towards those 
who, very soon thereafter, occupied their abandoned possessions. 

The last public position that he held, was perhaps that of 
sheriff, to which he was appointed in 1726, and in which he 
served for four years. ^* Between 1696 and 1710, he made 
several locations of land between Great and Little Timber 
creeks, extending nearly to the head of the latter and across to 
the former, including what is now known as the Crispin farm, 
which, taken in conne6lion with the surveys made by his father, 
brought all that territory within the one family, from whom 
the title can be traced. ^^ He also made surveys on Mantua and 
Raccoon creeks in Gloucester county, and on Alloway's creek 
in Salem county. 



14 Lib. AAA, 193. 

15 Lib, A, 19 to no, 0, S, G, 



JOHN HUGG. 289 

In 1703, he conveyed to the church wardens of the Swedish 
church at Raccoon, in Gloucester county, one lot of land 
^^ where the chui-ch was late ere^ed," and also another tra6l on 
Raccoon creek. ^^ The church wardens were Wollo Dalbo, 
William Cobb, Wollo Peterson and Frederick Hoffman. This 
church is one of the conne6ling links of the present with the 
early history of the settlements of West New Jersey, the history 
of which deserves preservation." His wife, as the daughter of 
Francis Collins, had received from her father part of one of his 
surveys, which John Hugg and wife, in conne6lion with parts 
of his own land, conveyed to John Hinchman in 1699.^* This 
grant extended to the north side of the south branch of Newton 
creek, including about one thousand acres of land ; the remain- 
der of his estate reached southwardly to Great Timber creek, 
showing his landed property to have been large and, even at 
that early day, very valuable. The residence of this man was 
probably near the last named stream, on that part now known 
as the Crispin estate, which he called "Plain Hope;" where a 
great breadth of meadow land was secured, and the advantage 
of navigation enjoyed. He was noted for the great number of 
slaves in his possession, the descendants of whom now constitute 
a large part of the colored population among us. 

John Hugg deceased in 1730, his death being noticed by 
Smith in his history of New Jersey, in which reference is made 
to his services as a public man and a trust-worthy public ser- 
vant.^® He was found on the ground near his house, speechless; 
he died the same day, respedled by all who knew him. His 
second wife (Elizabeth Newbie, whom he married in 1714), and 
the following named children, survived him : Mary, who mar- 
ried Thomas Lippincott ; Hannah, Sarah, Priscilla, Joseph, 
Gabriel, John, Elias and Jacob. John died under age, and 
Elias without children. 

The old homestead fell to the share of Elias Hugg, who lived 
in the domicile occupied by his father, where he doubtless kept 
a store to supply watermen and lumber dealers with such provi- 
sions as they found necessary. The occupation and chara6ter 



16 Lib. EF. 126. 18 Lib. G3, 279. 

17 Lib. A, 183. 19 Smith's Histoiy of N. J., 424, 

19 



290 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of his customers made whiskey and tobacco large items in his 
sales, and his premises furnished the scene of many carousals 
among them when detained by wind or tide. 

The land that Francis Collins conveyed to Margaret, the 
wife of Elias Hugg,^° they sold before the death of her father ; 
part of this was purchased by Simeon Ellis, being bounded 
on the south side by the north branch of Cooper's creek. 
It included the town of Ellisburg, and several surrounding farms. 
Other tra6ls they disposed of to various persons, and, at her 
death, none of her estate remained in their possession. ^^ 

Joseph Hugg settled at Gloucester Point, as known in 1722, 
and kept the ferry for several years after that time. The estab- 
lishment and maintenance of the ferry from Gloucester to Wick- 
aco can be traced through the records with much accuracy, 
showing that, although the distance was greater than ordinary, 
yet the demand for transportation was sufficient to make it 
remunerative. This, like others of its day, consisted of an 
open flat-boat, worked with long sweeps and small sails, but 
controlled very much by the movement of the tide. The first 
license for a ferry between the points above named, was granted 
by the county courts to William Royden, in 1688, one year 
before the town was laid out by Thomas Sharp. ^^ Wickaco had 
also been put in shape by the surveyor sent out by William 
Penn; and what had been the residence of a few Swedes and 
Finns, was now the embryo city of Philadelphia, with straight 
and redtangular streets, meeting-houses and markets. In 1695, 
John Reading became the owner, and was licensed by the same 
authority. ^^ In 1707, John Spey (whose term of office as sheriff 
had just expired,) became the proprietor, and so continued 
until 1722, when Joseph Hugg succeeded him.^* He maintained 
it for eight years, and disposed of the same to Richard Wildon, 
who was followed by John Ladd in 1735. As roads were 
straightened and improved, bridges built and the country more 
thickly settled, Cooper's ferries had the preference among trav- 
elers, since the distance across the river was much shortened, 
with less risk and much greater speed. These advantages had 



20 Lib. G3, 71. 23 Lib. AAA, 80. 

21 Lib. S, No. 6, 338, O. S. G. 24 Lib. AAA, 182. 

22 Gloucester Records. 



JOHN HUGG. 291 

their efifedl, which the public were prompt in discovering, and 
the Gloucester ferry, with varying fortunes, maintained but a 
secondary importance, until the introdu6tion of steam and 
other various improvements on both shores of the river. It 
need hardly be said here that Gloucester was the county town 
for many years, where the courts were held and the records 
kept. In the progress of improvement, it gradually lost its 
central position and became less desirable for such purposes; 
it was ultimately abandoned, and soon forgotten as the political 
and judicial nucleus of the old bailiwick. In the early days of 
the colony, the records were not considered of much value, and 
were kept in the dwelling of the clerk, in constant danger of 
loss by fire or miscarriage. An affidavit of John Reading, made 
in 1711, in which year he was clerk, has been entered among 
the books at Burlington, showing that his house was burned in 
that year, and that many deeds and other valuable papers were 
destroyed. ^^ This accounts for the absence of many title papers 
often inquired for, but never found, as well as for a break in 
the records of Old Gloucester, that has led to much trouble 
among land owners and claimants. 

Joseph Hugg deceased in 1757, leaving but two children, 
Samuel and Joseph.^" The family at this day is limited, 
and a continued decrease, for the next half century, may leave 
none of the name, where, for nearly one hundred years, it was 
as numerous as any other. The large landed estate once in 
possession of the second generation has long since passed away 
from the blood, only to be remembered among the blurred deeds 
and musty records of the past. Although the collateral branches 
of the family maintained through the female line, are numerous, 
yet a fatality seems to have attended the other sex and to have 
well nigh extirpated it from among us. 



25 Lib. BBB, 93. 

26 Lib. No. 9, 66. 



SAMUEL SPICER 



SAMUEL SPICER was a son of Thomas and Michal Spicer, 
and was born in New England, prior to 1640. In 1685, 
he (Samuel) purchased of Samuel Cole, part of his tra6l of 
five hundred acres, situated on the north side of the mouth of 
Cooper's creek, and fronting on the Delaware river, in Water- 
ford, now Stockton township, Camden county.^ The deed of 
conveyance says that he then lived at Gravesend, on Long 
Island ; whence came himself, his wife Esther, and three chil- 
dren, the next year, and settled thereon. Esther was a daughter 
of John and Mary Tilton of Gravesend ; but they were married 
at Oyster Bay, Long Island, the 21st of the third month, 1665.^ 
Gravesend is one of the towns or townships of King's county, 
New York ; it has an ancient historical record running back to 
1640, about which time a few English Quakers came from Massa- 
chusetts and joined a number of others who were dire6l from 
England. It is situated in the southwestern part of the Island, 
fronting on the sea, where the " Narrows " open into the Atlantic 
ocean. Like many other towns of that date, it originated in 
the persecution of Friends, of whom some had previously 
settled in America, where intolerance was as vindictive and 
overbearing as at home ; and some had come to seek an asylum 
free from such evils, in which religious opinions could be 
developed and enjoyed. Among those who came from Massa- 



1 Lib A, 44. Lib. Gi, iii. 

2 Friends' Records, Long Island. 



294 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

chusetts was the lady Deborah Moody, a woman of rank, 
education and wealth, who entertained opinions in common 
with the followers of George Fox, and who had become an 
obje6l of disfavor and ill-treatment among the Puritans of the 
Bay State. 

The patent for the town was obtained from Governor Kieft, 
in 1645, and among the patentees was the name of the female 
hereinbefore named, who appears to have been a person of 
decided opinions ; this ultimately led her into difficulty with 
the elders of the church, and caused her to be expelled there- 
from, after which she removed to Long Island. The immediate 
cause of her excommunication was her assertion that " infant 
baptism was no ordinance of God," which, together with her 
adherence to the doctrines of George Fox, made her obnox- 
ious to the rulers of the province of Massachusetts. 

Thomas Spicer was one of this little colony, and was the head 
of a family, for, in 1656, among the freeholders of the town, 
may be found the names of Samuel Spicer, Jacob Spicer and 
Thomas Spicer, who were probably his sons, having then grown 
to manhood and there settled. That Samuel Spicer, the person 
who bought the land of Samuel Cole in 1685, was a member of 
this family, there can be no doubt ; and, if the records of 
Friends made at that date were accessible, the family could be 
traced beyond the sea.^'*"^ 

Tradition says that Samuel Spicer purchased his land one year 
before he came to settle on the same, from which it may be 
inferred that he had been in this region, examining the various 
localities, or perchance on a religious visit among the few who 
had taken up their residence here, and whose religious notions 
agreed with his own. Henry Wood, who had purchased a part 
of the same tra6l, was already a resident, around whom a few 
emigrants had made their homes, generally choosing the land 
fronting on Cooper's creek in preference to that upon the river; 
which land had been, however, located and somewhat improved 
before his coming. As the land was occupied, and the inhabi- 
tants increased, facilities for travel became necessary, and various 
means were used to accommodate the public, the first of which 

3 Lib. A, 44. 4 Lib. Gi, iii. 5 Lib. Bi, 66. 



SAMUEL SPICER. 295 

appear to have been ''ferries," across the smaller streams at 
various points, to avoid the necessity of fording at places near 
their source, which would have added much to the distance 
between certain towns and more thickly inhabited se6lions. 

Burlington county, about the present city of Burlington, had 
filled up with people more rapidly than any other part of West 
Jersey ; and, as land travel had begun between these parts and 
the embryo city of Philadelphia, Samuel Spicer soon found that 
his plantation lay in the most dire6l route between the two points, 
and that a ferry over Cooper's creek was needed to maintain 
this line of travel. Such ferry he established, which was situ- 
ated near the site of the present bridge, and was always known 
as "Spicer's ferry". It consisted simply of a flat-boat, suffi- 
ciently large, whereon to stand a few horses or cattle, moved by 
ropes on each shore, and only used when some one wished to go 
over, provided the ferrymen were in good humor and the pay 
large enough to compensate for their labor ; the demands of the 
public, or the wishes of travelers, being a secondary considera- 
tion . 

This ferry was maintained until 1747, when a new straight 
road was laid from Burlington to Cooper's ferries, and a bridge 
was ere6led in its stead.® This was a draw bridge, and proves 
that considerable trade was carried on along Cooper's creek 
by means of vessels transporting wood and lumber to Phila- 
delphia, which trade had its claims as well as those who traveled 
by land. The manner in which the funds were to be raised 
to build this bridge, as provided in the law, is worthy of notice, 
and shows that the purpose of the Legislature was to make such 
of the inhabitants pay for its erection as were most to be accom- 
modated therewith. In the a6l, the commissioners were dire6led 
to receive voluntary contributions for six months, and then to 
assess the remainder of the cost on the inhabitants of all the 
townships of the county of Burlington except the townships of 
Nottingham and Egg Harbor, and upon the inhabitants of that 
part of Waterford township in Gloucester county which extended 
from the river to the Salem road, and upon Cooper's ferries.' 
This shows how sparse were the settlements in Burlington and 



6 Lib. Gi, no. 

7 Laws of 1747. 



296 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Gloucester counties at that day, and what part of the territory 
was to be accommodated by a bridge in the place of a ferry. 

Samuel Spicer took a leading part in the religious and political 
affairs of the colony, and his name may be found in many 
matters of public interest whereby the development of the 
country was to be advanced. In religious matters he was a 
consistent and faithful member of his profession. For a long time 
meetings of public worship were held at his house ; these were 
continued after his death by his widow, who was also an adlive 
member in the same denomination. In 1687, he was appointed 
one of the judges of the several courts of Gloucester county; 
he also filled other offices of minor importance. His will was 
executed in 1692, in which year he probably died.^ 

Esther Spicer, his widow, remained upon the homestead estate, 
entertaining many Friends, and extending her hospitality to 
the large circle of acquaintances that surrounded her. On the 
24th day of the Seventh month, 1703, she was killed by light- 
ning in her own house, together with Esther Saxby, her servant, 
and Richard Thackara, son of Thomas, he being about eleven 
years of age. This event is still preserved among the traditions 
of the family. The sudden death of this person, at that season 
of the year, necessitated an early burial. The funeral occurred 
the night after her decease, the family and friends going in boats 
down Cooper's creek to the river, and by the river to Newton 
creek, and thence to the Newton graveyard, the place of inter- 
ment. Each boat being provided with torches, the scene upon 
the water must have been pidluresque indeed. To the colonists 
it was a sad spe6lacle, when they saw one so much esteemed 
among them being borne to her last resting place. To the 
Indians, it was a grand and impressive sight. Arasapha, the 
king, and others of his people attended the solemn procession 
in their canoes, thus showing their respe6l for one, the cause of 
whose death struck them with awe and reverence. The deep, 
dark forest that stood close down to the shores of the streams 
almost rejedled the light, as it came from the burning brands of 
pine carried in the boats ; and, as they passed under the thick 
foliage, a shadow was scarcely refle6led from the water. The 



8 Gloucester Files of 1692, 



SAMUEL SPICER. 297 

colonists in their plain and unassuming apparel, the aborigines 
clad in gaudy and significant robes, and the negro slaves (as 
oarsmen) with their almost nude bodies, must have presented, 
from the shore, a rare and striking pi6ture. Here — all unde- 
signed — was the funeral of a Friend, in which ostentation and 
display are always avoided, made one of the grandest pageants 
that the fancy could imagine, a fertile subje6l for the pencil of 
the artist, and one well deserving an effort to portray its beauty. 

She left a will and disposed of her estate, which together with 
that of her deceased husband, as retained by her, passed at that 
time to their children. The last will of each of them may be 
found on file in the office of secretary of state at Trenton ; these 
prove them to have been persons of education, and of consider- 
able property.^ Their children were born at Gravesend, where 
the names and ages of each may be found entered in the books 
of the Friends' Meeting of that place. ^^ They were as follows : 
Abraham, born 1666 ; Jacob, born 1668, who married Judith 

; Mary, born 1671, who married Jeremiah Bates; 

Martha, bom 1676, who married Joseph Brown and Thomas 
Chalkley ; Sarah, born 1677, who married Daniel Cooper; 
Abigail, born 1683, who married Daniel Stanton ; Thomas, 

born , who married Abigail Davenport ; and Samuel, born 

, who married . 

The old graveyard, which is on the land settled by Henry 
Wood, where many of the Spicers were buried, is still in exist- 
ence, and some degree of care has been given to it by the 
descendants of the family. It is on the farm now owned by 
Lemuel Horner, near the site of the Camden city water works. 
As in many similar instances, the rule of Friends was observed, 
and no memorials were placed at the graves of the first settlers 
of the soil, — a source of unceasing regret with such as care to 
know the resting place of their ancestors. It is particularly 
unfortunate for those in search of old things, as much valuable 
information is often obtained from this source, which, but for 
this, would be entirely lost. 

Samuel Spicer, in his will, gave his son Jacob one hundred 
and fifty acres attached to the homestead, bounded by the river 



9 Gloucester Files, 1702. 
10 Lib. G3, 257. Proceedings of N. J. His. Society, Vol. ix, 02. 



298 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Delaware and Cooper's creek; and to his other sons, Samuel 
and Thomas, one hundred and seventy-five acres each. Samuel 
died a minor, and his portion of land passed to his brother 
Jacob. Subsequently, in 1728, Jacob and Thomas made an 
exchange of land by which Jacob's amount of acres was 
increased to two hundred and sixty, and Thomas's, whose 
plantation fronted the creek, had somewhat less within its 
boundaries. Thomas remained on this property, and died 
in 1759, leaving a will." His children were as follows : Jacob, 
who married Mary Lippincott ; Thomas, who married Rebecca 
Day ; and Samuel, who married Abigail Willard and Sarah 
Potter. From this branch of the family, came those of the 
collateral issue, who retain the blood in these parts, although 
the name has disappeared for many years. 

In the year 1711, Jacob and Thomas made a division of some 
other portion of their landed estate ;^^ and, in the same year, 
Jacob sold parts of his share of the paternal property to Samuel 
Burrough and other persons. ^^ 

Jacob removed to Cape May county, where he settled as early 
as 1 69 1. He was a member of the Legislature from 1709 to 
1723, and surrogate of that county from the last named year to 
1 741, and for many years one of the judges of the court. He 
was born in 1668, and deceased in 1741." The reading of the 
minutes of the proceedings of the legislature during the time in 
which he sat as a member, discloses many curious things. One 
of the troubles was the difficulty of keeping a quorum present 
to do business ; and the sergeant-at-arms was always busy in 
hunting for absentees. In 1716, this officer went to Gloucester, 
Salem and Cape May counties in search of delinquents. It was, 
at that day, a toilsome and difficult journey, even under more 
propitious circumstances. These representatives heard of his 
coming, and, suspe6ling the purpose of his visit, started for Bur- 
lington by another road than that usually traveled. Striking 
their trail, he pursued them with his warrant of arrest nearly to 
Gloucester, where, again to avoid him, they betook themselves to 
the water, and crossed the river into Pennsylvania. Here the 
sergeant-at-arms was completely at fault, and no remedy was 

11 Lib. No. 9, 306. 13 Lib. A, 205. 

12 Lib. A, 45. 14 Lib. No. 4, 318. 



SAMUEL SPICER. 299 

left to him but to report to the speaker of assembly. Some of 
them appeared in a few days and were reprimanded ; but Jacob 
Spicer returned home, and writs were issued for a new ele6lion 
in Cape May county. This did not cure the difficulty, for Jacob 
was again eledled, and still negle6led to appear as the represent- 
ative from that county. Another warrant was issued, and the 
officer on this occasion, found him sick in bed. Not to be 
cheated, the sergeant required the honorable member to proceed 
to Burlington with him, and appear at the bar of the house, 
according to the requirements of authority in him vested. 
Jacob pleaded indisposition, and was released until he recovered ; 
at which time he explained his absence, and was allowed to take 
his seat as a member. 

His son, Jacob Spicer, deserves a more particular notice. He 
was born in 1716, and became a member of the Legislature in 
1744; which station he occupied for a period of twenty-one 
years, first in conne6lion with Henry Young, and afterwards, 
until his death, with Aaron Leaming. He bore a prominent 
part in the proceedings and business of the house, and was 
appointed, in conne6lion with Aaron Leaming, to revise the 
laws of the State; and "Leaming and Spicer's" colle6lion, 
the result of their labors, is well known at this day as a faithful 
_exposition of the statutes. He was a man of exemplary habits, 
of strong and vigorous imagination, and stridlly faithful in his 
business relations with his fellow men. 

He married Judith, daughter of Humphrey Hughes, who died 
in 1747, and afterwards married Deborah Leaming, widow of 
Christopher Leaming, in 1752.^^ The marriage agreement 
entered into with the last named female, shows much sound 
sense and discriminating judgment. In 1756, he purchased the 
interest of the West Jersey Society in the county of Cape May, 
constituting what has since been known as the 'Vacant Right. '^^ 
Li 1762, he made his will of thirty-nine pages, the most volumi- 
nous and elaborate testamentary document on record in this 
State.'' He died in 1765, and was interred in the family 
burial ground at Cold Spring, — a spot now overgrown with 
large forest timber. ^^ 

15 Maurice Beasley's Memo. 17 Lib X, 440 to 461. 

16 Lib. A, 154. 18 Lib. B2, 549. 



300 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

He kept a diary for many years, in which he not only recorded 
remarkable events, but also entered in detail the cost of his 
household and the profits of his business. Stridlly honest in all 
his dealings, plain and decided in all his opinions, prompt and 
exa6l in all his agreements, he had, as he deserved, the confi- 
dence and regard of his neighbors through all the years of his 
business life, and served his constituents faithfully as their repre- 
sentative until his death. Many extra6ls from his diary have 
been published by the Historical Society of New Jersey, which 
evince the peculiarities of the man, his views of duty toward 
himself, and toward those with whom he had intercourse. 



THOMAS STOKES. 



THOMAS HOOTEN of the Parish of St. Ann, Black 
Friars, and John Stokes of Wentworth street, in the 
Parish of Stepney, both of which places are in London, in the 
county of Middlesex, England, became the owners, as tenants 
in common, of a certain amount of proprietory rights in West 
New Jersey. Thomas was a tallow chandler, and John a baker ; 
by these avocations they respe6lively maintained their families, 
and gained some extra means to make a venture in the enterprise 
so much talked of among Friends at that time. The deed con- 
veying this interest was made from William Penn and the other 
trustees of Edward Bylynge to Thomas Hooten in the year 
1676, who immediately conveyed the undivided half-part thereof 
to John Stokes.^ It is possible that they were creditors of 
Edward Bylynge, whose failure in business a short time before 
involved so many of his creditors in loss, and led to much 
trouble concerning his estate. 

Thomas Hooten and John Stokes were relatives ; perhaps 
their wives were sisters ; both were members of the religious 
denomination of Friends, and were seeking some new place of 
abode, where their notions of right might be more freely 
indulged in, with some hope of promulgating their do6lrines 
in peace. Thomas Hooten came immediately to New Jersey 
to look after their interests, leaving his family in London until 
he should be heard from, and some conclusion be reached in 
regard to a permanent removal to the new place. On the 29th 
day of the 8th month, 1677, he wrote to his wife as follows : 

I Lib. BBB, 191. 



302 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

"I am this present at the town of Burlington where our land 
is ; it is ordered to be a town for the ten Yorkshire and ten 
London Proprietors. I like the place well ; our lot is the second 
next the water side. It's like to be a healthful place and very 
pleasant to live in. I came hither yesterday, being the 28th of 
06lober, with some friends that were going to New York. I 
am to be at Thomas Olive's house until I can provide better 
for myself. I intend to build a house and get some corn into 
the ground. And I know not how to write concerning thy 
coming or not hither ; the place I like very well, and believe 
that we may live here very well. But if it be not made free, I 
mean as to the customs and government, then it will not be so 
well, and may hinder many that have desires to come. But if 
these two things be cleared, thou may take thy opportunity of 
coming this simimer. 

Thomas Hooten."^ 

The reference here made about the customs relates to those 
exa6led at New Castle by diredlion of Governor Andros, they 
being a percentage upon all the goods brought by emigrants, — 
an impost which was so much complained of that it was in a 
sh ort time abandoned. Thomas Hooten's wife soon closed up 
the affairs of her husband in London, and followed him to 
America. Thomas Hooten, the son, married Elizabeth Stanley 
of Philadelphia, in 1686, at which place he then resided, and 
continued to reside for many years after. ^ 

John Stokes, however, remained in London, supplying the 
people with bread, and husbanding his means to develop his 
interests here through his brother Thomas. Of this there is 
undoubted evidence, for, as late as in 1719, in a conveyance of 
land in this State, he is called John Stokes of Wentworth 
street, London, biscuit baker, etc.* 

Thomas married Mary Bernard of Stepney, in 1668, where 
he remained until the proje6l of removing to America induced 
him to abandon his home and calling. He and his family 
came among the first, as they arrived at New Castle about 



2 Smith's History of New Jersey, 105. 

3 Friends' Records, Philadelphia. 

4 Lib. BBB, 191. 



THOMAS STOKES. 303 

the middle of the 6th month, 1677, in the ship Kent, — 
the same that brought the commissioners appointed by Wil- 
liam Penn and others — and went immediately to Burlington. 
He perhaps remained here until the next year, with the others, 
for mutual defence, and to view the country before he made 
sele6lion of a place for settlement. This was, however, done 
in due time, and was chosen from among many on North- 
ampton river, or, as it is now generally known, Rancocas creek. 
It is probable that three of his children were born in London, 
and three in New Jersey. They were as follows : Sarah, who 
married Benjamin Moore ; Mary, who married John Hudson ; 
John, who married Elizabeth Green ; Thomas, who married 
Deliverance Horner and Rachel Wright ; Joseph, who married 
Judith Lippincott and Ann Haines (widow) ; and one other 
son, who removed to North Carolina, but whose name and 
family have been lost sight of. Mary, the mother of these 
children, died in 1699, and Thomas, the father, in 1718, aged 
78 years. ^ The obligations of the family are due to Charles 
Stokes of Rancocas, a descendant, for colle6ling and arranging 
much of the history of the same ; who also has taken pains to 
save from loss many incidents that relate to the early history of 
West New Jersey. How much might yet be preserved, if more 
of our citizens would emulate his example. In this region, 
nothing is known of John Stokes, save what may be gathered 
from the records in the office of the secretary of state at 
Trenton. In 1716, an inventory of his estate was made, upon 
which is the following endorsement : "Came to his end by 
an unnatural death, in ye lower end of Gloucester county." 
Too many years have intervened to bring the story of his 
death to the present generation, however interesting it might 
now be to his descendants. 

In the year 1709, the second Thomas herein referred to, 
purchased of John Kay of Springwell, three hundred acres of 
land in Waterford township, (now Delaware,) Camden county, 
the larger part of which tra6l is now owned Mark Ballinger, 
and by the heirs of Jacob Anderson, Nathan M. Lippincott, 
and Daniel Hillman, deceased. This land is bounded on the 

5 Lib. No. 2, 138. 



304 . FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

south side by the north branch of Cooper's creek; it extends 
along both sides of a tributary of the same, and includes what 
is now some of the best soil in the neighborhood.* He settled 
on this tradl, his house standing near the present residence of 
Mark Ballinger. By his first wife, Delieverance Horner, were 
the following children : Thomas, who married Abigail Mat- 
lack ; Deliverance, who married Darling Conrow ; Lydia, 
who married Samuel Haines; and Rachel, who married John 
Cowperthwaite. By the second wife, Rachel Wright, who 
was of Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y., to whom he was 
married 7th month, ist, 1715,' were Joshua, who married Amy 
Hinchman ; Hannah, who married Thomas Cole ; Jacob, who 
married Priscilla Ellis; John, who married Ann Champion, 
(widow) in 1751 ; Rosanna, who married Samuel Collins and 
Joseph Browning; and Kesiah. Thomas deceased in 1736, 
and Rachel in 1747.^ 

This settlement, as made by Thomas Stokes in 1709, was in 
the midst of an Indian neighborhood, which extended from the 
north branch southerly to a tributary of the south branch of 
Cooper's creek, that formed what is generally known as Peter- 
son's mill-pond. On a map left by Thomas Sharp, showing a 
large survey made to John Willis in 1686, he wrote beside the 
water course last named, " the stream the Indian King liveth 
on."® This was a survey of some thirteen hundred acres, and 
lay on both sides of the branch, the original boundaries of 
which have long since been obliterated. 

Judging from the first settlement by the emigrants, the 
residence of the king referred to by Friend Sharp may be 
believed to have been on the farm owned by Joseph H. Ellis. 
Around his palace were colle6ted a few other wigwams, in 
Avhich lived the retainers of the royal household. This 
community of aborigines was within the bounds before men- 
tioned, consisting of some families with a few acres of cleared 
land near the streams ; but all were subordinate to the authority 
named by Friend Sharp. This authority was absolute, dispens- 
ing law and equity to the people, regardless of the precedent 
and without appeal. The wigwam of the king doubtless had 

6 Lib. BBB, 75. 8 Lib. No. 4, 98. 

7 Friends' Records, Long Island. 9 Sharp's Book, 11, O. S. G. 



THOMAS STOKES. 305 

more pretension than others that surrounded it, and was distin- 
guishable by its size and the more outlandish hieroglyphics seen 
upon the skins that made its covering. 

It is unfortunate that our Quaker surveyor, in the multiplicity 
of his records, did not leave some account of this people who 
have so entirely passed away from the land ; some history of 
their principal settlements, their form of government, their 
religion, habits, language and traditions. His intercourse with 
them in the purchase of land, and his frequent entertainment 
by them in their own manner of hospitality, while traveling 
through the country as deputy surveyor, gave him abundant 
opportunity to study all these peculiarities ; and in his own 
quaint manner he might have saved to future generations that 
which has been entirely lost. There is evidence that this 
settlement extended northwesterly, and along Tindall's run, 
nearly to the main south branch, as the remains of one of their 
burial places may be seen near Tindall's run, east of the 
Haddonfield and Berlin road. Within the memory of some 
now living, a few of these people eked out a miserable 
existence on part of the land formerly owned by Thomas 
Stokes, near the residence of Aquilla Hillman and brothers : 
drunken, lazy, worthless beings, they were a hinderance to 
a progressive community, and the last of an unfortunate race. 

Joshua Stokes occupied the homestead after the death of his 
father, and there he remained during his life ; his brothers and 
sisters settling in other parts of Burlington and Gloucester 
counties, whose various descendants have multiplied so rapidly 
that no attempt to trace them would prove successful. Of the 
landed estate, as purchased by the second Thomas in 1709, only 
a small portion is held by his descendants in the dire6l line. 
One hundred and sixty years have wrought many changes in the 
ownership of this property, the beginning and end of several 
generations, and the gradual extin<Slion of the many land marks 
by which it was identified. But a single branch of the family is 
left, that feels any attachment to, or has any knowledge of 
the localities familiar to the first settlers ; that is able to tell 
where the natives had their wigwams, and where they buried 
their dead; where the medicine-man dispensed his nostrums, 



3o6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and where the fortune-teller mumbled over her divinations, to 
the terror of children, the amusement of youth, and the won- 
derment of all. The descendants of those who were born upon 
the soil, have passed away ; their places have been left to other 
occupants who, after a like lapse of time, will also be forgotten. 
A part of this family owned a tra6l of land in Newton township, 
lying on the north side of the middle branch of Newton creek, 
and resided there many years. These were the descendants of 
Jacob Stokes, who married Priscilla Ellis, a daughter of Joseph, 
and granddaughter of Simeon and Sarah Ellis of Springwell, 
the first of the name hereabout. The original estate was con- 
veyed by Isaac Hollingsham to Sarah Ellis, aforesaid, then a 
widow, in 171 7, which afterward became the property of her 
son Joseph, who deceased in 1757, leaving four daughters, one 
the wife of Jacob Stokes.^" He died intestate; and, there being 
no male issue, the land descended to his children in equal parts, 
of which Jacob Stokes became the owner about the year 1760, 
by purchase, and there he deceased. The other daughters of 
Joseph Ellis were Abigail, who married Caleb Hughes ; Sarah, 
who married John Bubzy and Isaac Mickle ; and Kesiah, who 
married Benjamin Vanlear, M. D." 

Portions of the estate remained in the name until 1828, when 
George Lee, now deceased, became the owner of the homestead; 
and by his name it is more familiarly known among the people. 
Of the diredl and collateral line of this family much the larger 
part remained in Burlington county, where they still represent 
a fair portion of the wealthy and influential inhabitants. The 
name, however, may be found in many of the states of the 
Union, and may be traced to John Stokes, biscuit baker, of 
Wentworth street, in the parish of Stepney, Middlesex, which, 
at this day, is within the limits of the city of London. 



10 Lib. A, 56. 

11 Lib. C, 241, Woodbury. 



GRIFFITH MORGAN. 



AFTER Samuel Cole had fixed his abode at New Orchard, 
across the creek from the little village of Penisaukin, and 
was laboring diligently to increase the extent of his cultivated 
acres, so that his farm might yield a comfortable support to his 
family, he was summoned to his old home in Hertfordshire, 
England, to arrange some unsettled business at that place. But 
for the care and attention extended to his wife and children by 
the few families then living at the town before named, their 
condition would have been lonely enough in their wild forest 
home; yet his absence was relieved by this friendly intercourse 
and prote6lion, as well as by the confidence that had grown up 
between the emigrants and natives, from whom they had nothing 
to fear. The deference and respe(5l observed toward the wives 
and daughters of the emigrants by these untutored children of 
the forest must always be a redeeming trait in their chara6ler, 
and commend their memories to us for all time to come. 
Though the emigrants were at their mercy for many years, yet 
no accusation of tyranny or brutality is recorded against them ; 
although the settlers were without the means of prote6lion or 
defence, yet no advantage was taken by the natives of their 
superiority to satisfy a feeling of envy or revenge. 

The imperfedl knowledge of navigation, and the primitive 
construction of vessels at that day, rendered a voyage across 
the ocean dangerous and tedious, and the time occupied 
was usually more than double that now taken by sailing-vessels. 
The time of return of Samuel Cole was doubtless fixed upon 



3o8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

between himself and wife, always excepting the dangers and 
delays of the sea, and, as the period of his coming approached, 
the anxiety of his family to see him again very naturally 
increased. On the return voyage of the ship in which he 
came, the island of Barbadoes was taken as a point of stop- 
ping ; this lengthened the trip, and in a degree added to 
the uncertainty of arrival. At that place, however, Samuel 
Cole was attacked by one of the diseases incident to those 
latitudes, and, before the departure of the ship, had died, and 
was buried. The extended distance of the voyage, and con- 
sequent delay therefrom not being known to the wife, she made 
frequent visits to Philadelphia to meet her husband and welcome 
him to his family again. Tradition says that she would stand 
for hours by the water's edge, looking anxiously down the river 
for the sail that would bring the father of her children. These 
visits and watchings at last attra6led the attention of a young 
mariner who frequented the port, and who was not long 
in discovering the cause of her anxiety. Sympathizing with 
her, he extended his inquiries in her behalf, and at last 
discovered that her husband had died on his return, as before 
named. Her grief for this sad bereavement enlisted his feelings, 
and, finding that she was about to return home alone in her 
boat, he offered to accompany her and manage the same. This 
offer she accepted, and he sailed the craft up the river to Peni- 
sauken creek, and thence nearly to her residence, thus bearing 
the sad news to her children and neighbors. 

This man was Griffith Morgan, who, after a proper interval of 
time, sailed his own skiff up the creek aforesaid to offer his 
consolations to the widow, and to interest himself about her 
children and estate. This solicitude soon assumed another 
shape, and culminated in the marriage of Griffith Morgan 
and Elizabeth Cole. Many interesting incidents are still 
remembered in the family touching this courtship and mar- 
riage, and will pass from generation to generation by reason 
of the commendable desire to preserve everything relating 
thereto. The log house was but lately standing on the farm 
owned by the heirs of Joseph H. Coles, now deceased, just 
as left by Samuel Cole on his departure to his native place 



GRIFFITH MORGAN. 309 

in England \ its limited dimensions and primitive appearance 
leave no doubt as to its many years of existence. 

Griffith Morgan was probably a native of Wales, whence he 
emigrated to America on account of the religious persecution of 
Friends in that part of the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1684, 
he was imprisoned in Haverford West for not attending church, 
with many others who refused to pay tithes for the support of 
the redlor of the parish wherein they lived, or to attend at the 
place where he dispensed the gospel to the people. Some years 
previously to this time, he was arrested in the public road and 
beaten by the officers, for a similar disregard of the laws and 
customs of the land in which he lived ; but to these exa6lions 
he could not yield, nor could he a6l in opposition to his religious 
belief in such matters.^ Although he appears to have been in 
this country in 1677, yet he may have visited his old home, 
and have subjedled himself to the outrages above named, as 
was the case with many of the emigrants. Without assuming 
that any proof of identity be made out, yet the probabilities 
are that these fadls relate to one and the same person. 

The marriage referred to took place in 1693, in Philadel- 
phia, the issue of which was one son, Alexander. Previously 
to this, however, Griffith Morgan had purchased several trails 
of land in Gloucester county, New Jersey. This is evidence 
that he was a man of considerable estate. The probability is 
that he continued his sea-faring life, as he does not appear 
to have participated in the religious or the political affairs of 
the colony at that time. Upon his marriage, he made a settle- 
ment upon a tra6l of land which he had bought of David 
Lloyd and Isaac Norris, executors, in 1677, being part of 
the estate of Thomas Lloyd of Philadelphia, a contemporary 
and intimate friend of William Penn.^ This tra6l was bounded 
by the river Delaware and partly by Penisauken creek. The old 
mansion is still standing, but so much enlarged and changed as 
scarcely to be recognized. This tra6l of land appears to have 
been located by Samuel Jennings, the first governor of New 
Jersey; it was resurveyed in 171 7 by Alexander, the son of 



I Besse's Sufferings, Vol. I., 748 — 759. 
a Lib. B2, 590. 



3IO FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Griffith Morgan.' It contained five hundred acres of land, and 
extended more than a mile up the creek aforesaid, and about 
one-fourth that distance along the river.* The house is just 
where a son of Neptune would have it, — near the mouth 
of the creek, with a clear and uninterrupted view of the river 
Delaware, where every kind of craft on both streams must 
pass in sight. 

Elizabeth Morgan survived her last husband, and died in 
1 7 19. By her will, she bequeathed much personal property 
among her children.^ They were Samuel Cole and Rachel 
Wild, wife of James Wild (by her first husband), and Alexander 
Morgan (by her last). This paper indffcates beyond question 
that she was twice married, and also the number of children by 
each. Her estate was large for the day in which she lived, and 
was fairly distributed to those nearest of kin. 

According to the good order of Friends at the Newton 
Meeting, in the year 1717 Alexander Morgan was married to 
Hannah, a daughter of Joseph and Lydia Cooper, and grand- 
daughter of William Cooper, the first emigrant. This marriage 
conne6ted the Morgan family with the Mickles, the Hopkins, 
the Ladds, the Coxes, the Coateses and the Clements, of West 
New Jersey, and with the Rawles, the Riggses, and other families 
in Pennsylvania, — forming a line of consanguinity which was 
strengthened by subsequent like connedlions and in some 
instances brought down to the present day.*^ Alexander Morgan 
settled and remained on the homestead property during his life, 
making but little change therein, either by purchase or sale. 
He deceased in 1751, leaving his widow and several children, 
as follows :' Joseph, who married Agnes Jones ; Benjamin, who 
married Jane Roberts 1761 ; Isaac ; Mary, who married 
Edmund Hollingshead ; Elizabeth, who married William Miller; 
Lydia, who married Nathan Beeks ; Sarah, who married Josiah 
Burrough ; Hannah, Rachel, and Alexander, who died young. 
Joseph and Agnes Morgan had one child, Griffith, who married 
Rebecca Clement, daughter of Samuel, in 1766. The first wife 
of Joseph Morgan deceased, and he married Mary . 



3 Lib. W, 386. 6 Lib. No. 4, 77. 

4 Sharp's Book, 39. O. S. G. 7 Lib. No. 7, 165- 

5 Gloucester Files, 1718. 



GRIFFITH MORGAN. 311 

Their children were Joseph, who married Mary Evans and Mary 

Butcher ; Hannah, who married Saterthwaite ; Elizabeth, 

who married Joseph Reeves ; and Sarah, who married James 
Hinchman. Mary, the second wife of Joseph Morgan, having 
died, he married Mary, a daughter of Joseph Stokes. Their 
children were Isaac, who married Sarah Ridgway ; Alexander ; 
Mary, who married Joseph Bennett, and Benjamin, who married 
Mary Champion. Mary, the third wife, deceased, and Joseph 
Morgan married Elizabeth Atkinson. By the last marriage there 
was no issue. Benjamin and Jane Morgan's children were 
Hannah, Benjamin, who died young, and Benjamin R., 
who never married. He owned part of the paternal estate on 
Penisauken creek, which, at his death, he gave to his cousin 
Alexander, of Philadelphia. Edmund and Mary Hollingshead's 

children were Joseph, who' married Alice ; Edmund, 

who married Hannah Foster ; Morgan, who married Rebecca 
Matlack ; John, Samuel, Hannah, Lydia and Sarah. Nathan 
and Lydia Beeks had one child, named Morgan. The diredl 
line of connedlion with the Morgan family of such as are 
of the blood in the region of Gloucester county, may be 
traced through Griffith and Rebecca. The issue of this 
marriage were three daughters : Agnes, who married Enos 
Eldridge ; Rebecca, who married James B. Cooper; and Ann, 
who married William E. Hopkins. The family conne6lion is 
very extensive throughout the United States, yet, in many 
cases, the blood is so much diluted as to be scarcely traceable. 
Where the Penisaukin creek falls into the Delaware, and 
about where the old Morgan house is situated, some two 
hundred years ago stood Fort Eriwonack, it being one of the 
centres from which a colony was to radiate and fill the territory 
that now constitutes Pennsylvania and New Jersey with an 
industrious and happy people. In 1634, Charles I., king of 
England, made a title to Sir Edmund Ployden, knight, etc., for 
all the territory lying between New England and Maryland, 
with that vague and doubtful kind of description incident to 
the little knowledge of the estate being conveyed, — a kind of 
description which in so many instances led to disputes and, 
sometimes, to bloodshed among the owners and settlers.^ No 

8 Smith's History of New Jersey, 24 — 60. 



312 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

regard was paid to the claims of the Dutch or Swedes within 
the limits of this grant, and, as a consequence, trouble very 
soon emanated from this source ; so, in the same manner, was 
Ployden's title ignored when the king made a deed to his 
brother, the Duke of York, for the same se6lion of country. 
The government was also fully vested in Sir Edmund, and the 
territory was called "the Province of New Albion, to be and 
remain a free County Palatine, in no wise subject to any 
other. "^° Sir Edmund was made Earl Palatine, which gave 
him regal power in all things save allegiance to the king ; and 
each of his family was also titled, in contemplation of a 
settlement to be effe6ted in the wilds of America." 

Steps were immediately taken to know something of this 
land ; and Beauchamp Plantaganet, a friend of the earl, was 
despatched to America to make the necessary examinations 
and report accordingly. This trip was undertaken in 1636; 
and, after much traveling through the forests, and intercourse 
with the natives, this adventurer ascended the Delaware river 
to the mouth of the Penisauken creek, where some of his 
company had already ere6led a fort, and where they were 
waiting for the government of Sir Edmund Ployden to be 
established. About the same time, another settlement was 
made near where Salem now stands ; but the adventurers 
were driven away by the Dutch and Swedes, who were jealous 
of their success, and feared their influence among the natives. 
The fort at Penisauken creek was occupied for four years by 
those under the patronage of Earl Ployden, and considerable 
trade was carried on with the Indians. Subsequently, a small 
colony of Swedes occupied the place, and doubtless remained 
until the proprietors assumed the government of West New 
Jersey and established their title to the land. It is needless 
to follow the history of this matter, and only necessary to say 
that none of the brilliant imaginings of the founder of this 
"palatinate" were realized, and that the whole thing was 
ultimately abandoned. 

A remarkable feature in this attempt at settlement in 



9 Mickle's Reminiscences, 24. 

10 Mulford's History of New Jersey, 72, 

11 New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings, Vol. I., 38. 



GRIFFITH MORGAN. 313 

America is that each of the historians of New Jersey, from 
first to last, has been unsuccessful in colle6ling and arranging 
the fa6ls in relation thereto. Each in his turn has explored 
musty records and consulted new authorities upon the subject, 
and has extracted something overlooked by his predecessor ; 
yet each became satisfied that other and more reliable knowl- 
edge was in existence, but knew not where to find such 
desirable information. 

As late as in 1784, a person named Charles Varlo came to 
Philadelphia, claiming to have an interest in the palatinate? 
and enlisted that able jurist, William Rawle, in his behalf, 
making some stir among the holders of the land in this region 
by reason thereof. One faithful and industrious antiquarian of 
that day, John Penington, of the city just named, made this 
matter a specialty, bringing his knowledge and experience to 
the purpose, to accomplish what so many others had failed in ; 
but at last, despairing of success, he pronounced the whole 
matter a fabrication, and Sir Edmund Ployden an imaginary 
being. 

To Isaac Mickle is due the merit of giving this matter a most 
thorough investigation, and of colle6ling the reliable authorities 
in his valuable book, so that the reader may see at a glance the 
trouble that has always surrounded it, and the doubts that may 
always attend it. It is, however, one of the incidents of the 
history of New Jersey, and of this particular neighborhood, 
that is worth remembering ; the truth of which, at some future 
day, may be brought to light, and may make the first settlement 
of Griffith Morgan a point of particular attradlion to such as 
care to preserve those myths of historical romance so pleasantly 
blended through the early settlement of our country. 

A gold mine was also said to exist near Fort Eriwonack ; and 
its value was held out as an inducement for persons to come 
here and settle, unbounded wealth being promised to such as 
would make the venture. This belief, like the old fort, has 
passed away with those that occupied the land long before our 
ancestors came ; it being one of the fancies of the brain that 
promised so much in the New El-dorado, and yet, for those who 
accepted all as truth, realized so little. This spot is therefore 



314 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

surrounded with much of antiquarian interest ; and whether 
the story of the Palatine of New Albion be true or false, it will 
always be a fertile subje(5l of inquiry for those that labor with- 
out reward and enjoy the search, though nothing be found. 
To such as have patiently turned from page to page among 
the dusty tomes that are crowded into the dark corners and 
out-of-the-way shelves of the various libraries and offices of 
record in our country, the last lines will be fully understood 
and appreciated. 



THE BURROUGHS. 



EDWARD BURROUGH was a distinguished Quaker in 
England from 1652 to 1661, during the bitterest perse- 
cutions that raged against that religious sedl. He resided at 
Underbarro, in Westmoreland. He was convinced through the 
preaching of George Fox when a young man, and soon became 
a prominent defender and expounder of his belief. He 
and a companion, who held the same faith, were the first 
Friends that visited the city of London, and preached their 
do6lrines to the people. He addressed several letters to 
Oliver Cromwell, asking his prote6lion for those of his 
belief, and after his death appealed to his son Richard, but 
without success. 

In 1654, he was mobbed in the city of Bristol for preaching 
to the people in the streets, and cast into prison in Ireland for 
a like offence, and finally banished from the island.^ After 
Charles the Second came to the throne, he obtained a personal 
interview with the king, and procured an order from him to 
prevent the persecution of Friends in New England ; which 
order the Friends in London forwarded by a ship that they had 
chartered specially for that duty, at an expense of three 
hundred pounds. He was an eminent preacher and an influ- 
ential man. It does not appear that he was ever in this 
country. 



1 Besse's Sufferings, Vol. I., 39. 



31 6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

John Burrough was imprisoned in Buckinghamshire in 1660, 
and Joseph Burrough suffered the same injustice the same year 
in Essex. The son and daughter of William Burrough were 
maltreated in Warwickshire on their way to Banbury meeting. 
These facts prove that the family was numerous in England 
and mostly Quakers. The names are here given to show the 
probability of their emigrating to America, for the same are 
found among the inhabitants of Long Island in a few years 
after the dates above given. 

In September, 1675, the assessor's list of the town of New- 
town, in Long Island, showed that John Burrough was the owner 
of forty acres of land, one horse, four oxen, four cows, and 
twenty-four sheep ; and that Jeremiah Burrough was the owner 
of six acres of land, two horses, two oxen, three cows, and one 
pig. In 1683, i^ the same town, Joseph Burrough was assessed 
with eighteen acres of land, one horse, one ox, and three cows \ 
and John Burrough with ten acres of land, two horses, and one 
cow. In this year, Jeremiah had increased his territory to 
twenty acres of land, two oxen, four cows, and two pigs. In 
the last named year, Edward Burrough was assessed in the 
town of Jamaica, in Long Island, with five acres of land, and 
one cow. In 1689, Jeremiah Burrough was lieutenant in one of 
the "train bands" of Newtown. This is rather strong evidence 
against his being much of a Quaker ; yet he doubtless is the 
same person hereafter named in this conne6lion. 

The inference is but a fair one that the persons named as 
having suffered in England for their religious opinions, and 
those named as being residents of Long Island, are the same ; 
and it is only to be regretted that some better account of them 
has not been left on record, so as to make it conclusive. The 
first of the name that came in Gloucester county was John 
Burrough, who settled at Gloucester, and followed the occupa- 
tion of a weaver.^ He was here in 1688, as, in the first month 
of that year, he purchased rights of Robert Turner, and, in the 
tenth month of the same year, he purchased more of such real 
estate from Joseph Wood.^ These rights John Burrough put 
into one survey on the north side of Gloucester river or Great 

2 Lib. G2, 57. 

3 Lib. Gi, 129. 



THE BURROUGHS. 317 

Timber creek, extending from Beaver branch on the south, to 
Little Timber creek on the north.* In 1690, he lived on this 
survey, but the situation of his house is not known. This loca- 
tion is now divided into many farms, among which are the 
Crispin estate, the property of Isaac G. Eastlack, and others. 
In 1693, it became the property of Thomas Thackara, and 
subsequently was owned by the Huggs and the Harrisons. In 
1759, this survey and the adjoining lands, extending north- 
westerly between the branches of Great and Little Timber 
creek to their jun6lion, were resurveyed ; this re-survey 
discloses the title of the said lands, and is valuable in this 
respe6l. 

The next that canae was Edward Burrough, who purchased 
one hundred and seven acres of land of Thomas Atkinson in 
1693, it being part of the tra6l that he had purchased of Francis 
Collins in 1691.^ In 1698, Edward bought an adjoining tratSt 
of John Martin, the same day that Martin sold another part of 
the said tra6l to Joseph Tindall, from whom the stream of 
water that passed through it takes its name." This land was 
about one mile south of Haddonfield, in Delaware township, 
and fronted on the north side of the south branch of Cooper's 
creek, part of which is now owned by William H. Mason. 
Edward Burrough built his house beside the old Salem road, 
a short distance from the stream, and there he resided several 
years. This old Salem road was not part of that laid out by 
order of the Colonial Legislature, but was an Indian trail going 
in the direction of that town, crossing the heads of most of the 
streams in its way. It has been lost sight of for many years, 
and no part of it in this neighborhood is now open. It is 
possible that he removed to Salem before his decease, as, in 
1730, letters of administration were granted to Priscilla Bur- 
rough upon the estate of Edward Burrough (her husband), 
deceased. No other reference in regard to his death has been 
noticed ; and, if this suggestion be true, his descendants may 
be found in that region of country. 

The tra6l of land before mentioned was held by those of the 

4 Lib. G2, 172. 

5 Lib. Gi, 01. 

6 Lib. G3, 266, 



3i8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

family name for many years, and until Elizabeth Burrough, a 
daughter of John, married Samuel Matlack, whose descendants 
still hold portions thereof. This John, however, was a son of 
Samuel, hereafter noticed ; but in what manner he became the 
proprietor of this estate is not apparent at this writing, for 
want of sufficient records and a proper care of family traditions. 
Of the immediate descendants of John and Edward Burrough, 
nothing is known at this time, the male branches of the family 
being but few, and not the owners of much land in this sec- 
tion, — a circumstance which adds to the difficulty of tracing 
their lineage. Samuel Burrough (frequently spelled Burrows) 
was the third person of the name that came within the bounds 
of Old Gloucester. He is first noticed at the little town of 
Penisaukin, with William Matlack, Timothy Hancock and John 
Roberts, where he married the daughter Hannah of the last 
named person. This marriage occurred in 1699, at the house 
of Sarah Roberts, widow of John. This female was a notice- 
able character in her day. When the inhabitants of Chester 
township, Burlington county, in the year 1696, thought proper 
to assume the responsibilities of a corporation, Sarah Roberts 
was the only female that signed the agreement as one of the 
residents and taxpayers therein. 

In the year 1 700, James Adams, a son of John Adams, con- 
veyed one acre of land to the Friends of Chester, for the 
purpose of a meeting house and burying place.'' The grantees 
consisted of thirteen persons, of whom, Sarah Roberts was one, 
she being the only instance of a female a6ling in the capacity 
of a trustee for real estate in that religious society. These 
things mark her as a woman understanding and participating 
in matters generally left for the sterner sex to manage and con- 
trol, and show that her opinion was regarded, and her influence 
sought in things of public importance. 

The first purchase of Samuel Burrough was made on the i6th 
of November, 1698; it was one of three hundred acres of land 
from Joseph Heritage. This tra6l lay on the south side of the 
south branch of Penisaukin creek, in Waterford (now Delaware) 
township, Gloucester county.* At that time Samuel was a 



7 Lib. GH, 373. 

8 Lib. G3, 285. 



THE BURROUGHS. 319 

resident of Burlington county, and perhaps did not move to 
his plantation until his marriage in the next year. In 1699, he 
bought of the same person an adjoining piece of land, and, in 
1703, purchased of Richard Bromley two hundred acres, also 
adjoining, which last was called a farm ; and thereon the said 
Richard Bromley "did lately dwell." To this place Samuel 
Burrough soon after removed, and there he remained until his 
decease. The present residence of Edward Burrough, a lineal 
descendant of Samuel, in Delaware township, stands upon the 
site of the original dwelling ere6led by Richard Bromley. 
Samuel Burrough must have been a man of large means, as he 
continued to purchase real estate until the year 1730, when he 
found himself the owner of some two thousand five hundred 
acres of land, which, at this day, includes many of the best 
farms in Camden county. He was a careful man in regard to 
his titles, for they may be found regularly upon record as the 
purchases were by him made. 

One of these tra6ls was conveyed by Hugh Sharp, in 17 15, 
to Samuel Burrough and Hannah, his wife, and to the heirs of 
their bodies, — not an ordinary expression in a deed, and one 
which carried the estate to the survivor of the two persons 
therein named.' In his will, he devised this particular tradl 
to his daughter Sarah, "if she please her mother," doubtless 
referring to her marriage. The evidence that she pleased 
her mother in her marriage with Samuel Nicholson is that 
she made a deed for the same land, in 1732, to Samuel 
Nicholson and Sarah, his wife, thus carrying out the intention 
of Hugh Sharp, who designed the estate to remain in the 
family.^" Sarah died soon after the last title was executed, but 
her husband, in good faith, conveyed the same to their son 
Joseph in 1747." This shows that Joseph Nicholson in the 
diredl line descended from Samuel and Hannah Burrough, — 
a fact which may be of interest to the present descendants of 
the said Joseph. 

Neither John, Edward nor Samuel Burrough appears to have 
taken part in the politics of West Jersey, although each lived 

9 Lib. A, 220. 

10 Lib. AD, 242. 

11 Lib. AD, 245. 



320 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

in Gloucester county when there was much trouble among the 
people in this regard. Samuel Burrough's will bears date June 
19th, 1720, but was not proved until 1732, in which year he 
died.^^ The homestead property he gave to his son Samuel, 
thus continuing for another generation this part of his estate in 
his own name. He divided his land among his children, giving 
his daughters a fair proportion, in opposition to the notion 
entertained at that day regarding the rights of females, much to 
his credit, however, and far in advance of his generation. The 
children of Samuel and Hannah Burrough were Samuel, who 
married Ann Gray ; John, who married Phoebe Haines ; Isaac, 
who married Deborah Jennings and Abigail Hewlings ; Jacob, 
who married Sarah Thorne and Cassandra Ellis ; Esther, who 
married William Bidgood ; Kesiah, who married Samuel Parr ; 
and Sarah, who married Samuel Nicholson. 

Asa Matlack, in a note made by him of this family, says that 
Samuel Burrough and his son Benjamin were drowned in the 
river Delaware ; but under what circumstances, or at what 
particular time, it does not appear. A son Benjamin is men- 
tioned in the will of Samuel Burrough, but no part of the 
estate passed to him after the father's death, nor does his 
name occur in any place conne6ted therewith. This would 
give the story some color of truth, and it may be accepted 
as reliable, for, Asa Matlack who resided near the old homestead, 
made himself familiar with all the traditions of the neighbor- 
hood. A son Joseph is also named, who probably died after 
the making of the will, and before his father. After the death 
of Samuel Burrough, his widow Hannah married Richard 
Bidgood. There does not appear to have been any issue 
by this marriage. 

Ann Gray, the wife of the son Samuel, was a daughter of 
Richard and Esther (Gillott), who settled on a tradl of land in 
Newton township.'^ Richard purchased land of Francis Collins 
in 1 701, now mostly owned by Joseph C. Stoy and John E. 
Hopkins, fronting on the south side of Cooper's creek, where 
Francis Collins had his landing. Richard Gray deceased in 



12 Lib. No. 3, 193. 

13 Lib, G2, 25. 



THE BURROUGHS. 321 

1736, leaving but two children, John and Ann." The second 
Samuel was born, lived and died at the old homestead, and, in 
the course of his life, accumulated some other real estate. He 
adhered stri6lly to the religious faith of his father, and was a 
regular attendant at the Haddonfield Meeting. His children 
were numerous \ the following are their names : Hannah, who 
married Robert Stiles; Sarah, who married Isaac Mickle; Mary, 
who married Archibald Mickle; Ann, who married Joseph 
Tomlinson; Joseph, who married Mary Pine, Kesiah Aronson 
and Lydia Tomlinson ; Abigail, who married Thomas Thorne ; 
Bathsaba, who married Jacob Haines ; Samuel, who married 
Sarah Lamb ; and Rachel, who married* Benjamin Pine and 
David Davis. The intricacies of this genealogy are very 
apparent, and will hardly be ventured upon, except by some 
expert with much patience and little hope of reward. To his 
son John, Samuel Burrough gave, by his will, four hundred acres 
of land, lying on the south side of Penisaukin creek, which 
he increased by purchase from his eldest brother Samuel, in 
the year 1735. The most of this property passed out of the 
name and blood many years since. 

On a part of this estate John Burrough lived ; his children 
were as follows : John, who married Barbara Fussell ; Samuel, 
who married Spencer and Mary Black ; Josiah, who mar- 
ried Sarah Morgan; Gideon, who married Phcebe Burnett; 
Benjamin, who married Phoebe Potter; Esther, who married 
Juda Clemenz ; Martha, who married Benjamin Clemenz ; 
Mary, who married Richard Gibbs ; Enoch, who married 
Deborah Middleton ; and Hannah, who married Joshua Gibbs. 
Among these maybe recognized the ancestors of severab families 
of Gloucester and Burlington counties, at this day unknown 
through the little care paid to the preservation of family bibles 
with their continued memoranda of births, deaths and marriages. 

The John last named, who married Barbara Fussel, was 
a blacksmith ; he owned and lived on part of the farm lately 
David D. Burrough's, deceased, in Delaware township, near 
EUisburg, where yet may be seen the remains of his shop. 
His residence was a tavern, standing near where the Eves- 



14 Lib. No. 4, I 
21 



322 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

ham road crossed the King's highway leading from Salem 
to Burlington. This position made it one of the most public 
places in the county. This was part of a survey made by William 
Cooper; it came into the Burrough family about the year 1720, 
and became the property of John Burrough in 1735. Subse- 
quently, however, it passed out of the name by sale, but, like 
much other real estate, has again come to be owned by one of 
the name and family who held the fee nearly a century and a 
half since. The house stands on the west side of the old road ; 
it is built of brick and has every evidence of having been 
eredled many years ago. How long, and from what time it 
was kept as an inn, there is no means of knowing at this late 
day, as those who received its hospitality and enjoyed the 
many sports that centered there, have gone to 

" That undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns." 

Apart from its use to the traveling community and to the 
neighborhood as a resort for business and gossip, it was a place 
where many of the out-door manly pastimes were enjoyed, and 
where colle<5led those who in them participated. In front of 
and to the north of the house, was a level, straight piece of 
road, kept smooth and used as a race-course, where the "quar- 
ter-nags" from far and near were brought to compare their 
mettle and speed, and where their owners and admirers would 
back their opinions with a bowl of punch or a bottle of meth- 
eglin. Horses, like politicians, unless successful, soon wear 
out in public estimation, and the animal that baulked, shied 
or bolted, lost his friends and had no place upon the turf. 
In those early days, small purses and short races were the 
fashion, and thimble-rig or faro-bank were unknown. This 
amusement with our ancestors was a genuine sport, clear of all 
the evil tendencies which now cling to it. The improvement 
of the stock of horses was not set up as an apology, neither was 
jockeying then reduced to a science; but they engaged in it 
for the ''fun of the thing," and faced the censure accordingly. 

Fox hunting was also an out-door recreation. There was no 
scarcity of game; the country was free from fences; good dogs 
and practiced hunters abounded. Every farmer and farmer's 
son had his steed and saddle, ready (after the crops were safe) 



THE BURROUGHS. 323 

to engage in the exciting sport. Being acquainted with the 
haunts and famihar with the habits of the animal, there was no 
uncertainty of a day's sport whenever they took the field, and 
frequently more than one "brush" was secured during the 
hunt. The assembling was generally by arrangement near 
the ground where game was plentiful ; but, by common consent, 
the day's sport ended at a country inn, where the incidents 
and mishaps could be talked over before the open wood-fire 
of the bar-room, and while surrounding a bowl of egg-nogg, 
"called in" by the man who carried the brush in his hat. This 
old way-side tavern was, in its palmy days, often the scene of 
the last of a hard day's hunt, where the boldest rider and the 
luckiest sportsman would receive the rude gratulations of his 
companions in the chase ; while others, who were unhorsed or 
thrown out in some of the many ways incident to the sport, 
would arrive singly, only to be jeered and laughed at for their 
ill luck, and made to drown their chagrin by drinking deep 
from the bowl before them. But, like the old tavern, their sports 
have passed away ; the inroads of agriculture upon the forests, 
and the filling up of the country with a thrifty and industrious 
people, have left no shelter for reynard in this part of New 
Jersey. 

John Burrough rented the tavern and his shop, and removed 
to Haddonfield, where he plied his calling for several years 
before his death. 

Isaac Burrough, upon his marriage with Deborah Jennings, 
settled in Waterford township, near the Delaware river, but, 
after his second marriage, removed into Newton township, 
where he deceased. His first wife was a daughter of Isaac 
Jennings, reputed to be a son of Henry, and claimed as the 
person who conne6ts the large property in England with so 
many expectants in the United States. ^^ The collateral branches 
of the family are numerous in New Jersey. Their genealogy has 
been carefully digested and arranged in anticipation of the call 
for the heirs of Isaac Jennings to receive the property which 
has so long been without an owner. The children were Isaac, 
who married Rebecca Nicholson (widow of Abel and daughter 
of Aaron Aaronson); Priscilla, who married James Cooper; 

15 Lib. No. 9, 157. 



324 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

Jacob, who married Elizabeth Gill ; Hannah, who married 
Joseph Mickle ; and Reuben and Jacob, who both died young. 

Samuel and Hannah Parr settled on part of the "Burrough" 
estate, in Waterford township, where Samuel deceased in 1753, 
leaving the following children : '** John, Mary, Samuel and 
James. Hannah, his widow, died in 1750. Samuel was a promi- 
nent person in the Society of Friends, and, perhaps, a preacher." 
None of the name reside in this region at the present time. 

William and Esther Bidgood, in a few years after their mar- 
riage, removed to Pennsylvania, where they both deceased.^* 
Nothing is known of the family. 

Sarah, the wife of Jacob Burrough, died soon after her 
marriage in 1751, as, in 1753, Jacob married Cassandra, the 
widow of Jacob Ellis and daughter of Josiah and Ann Albert- 
son. The Burroughs are among the ancient Quaker families of 
the neighborhood of Haddonfield, and belong to those that 
originated and sustained the society hereabout for more than one 
hundred years. In the name has been held some of the most 
valuable real estate in the county of Gloucester; but, in the 
progress of time, this has passed to other owners, strangers 
to the blood. The collateral branches of the family are num- 
erous as well as those in the diredl line; and much trouble 
and uncertainty attend the effort to colle6l and arrange them 
corre6lly. 



i5 Lib. No. 7, 312. 

17 Lib. No. 8, 345. 

18 Lib. Z, 297, 481 



THE WOODS. 



THERE were more persons of this name among the first 
English emigrants who came to New Jersey than of any- 
other. They must have been pleased with the scheme of settle- 
ment as laid down by the commissioners and proprietors, and 
must have considered its success as certain from the beginning. 
They were men of some estate, for they purchased their proprie- 
ties before they left their native land; and men of education, for 
they at once participated in the management and control of the 
new government, as novel in its operations as were the people 
and the scenery that surrounded them in their adopted country. 
Men of decided chara6leristics, they were well calculated to 
develop any new system ; and, a6ling from a proper motive, they 
would soon draw around them those who naturally sought such 
guides in this adventure. They were all Quakers, and a perusal 
of Besse's History of that se<5l will show the reason why the 
members of this family were so ready to break up their homes 
in England and seek others in the wilds of America, regardless 
of the privations and troubles that attend such an undertaking. 
From 1654 to 1683, persons of this name were imprisoned 
in the Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham, or Cum- 
berland jails, for attending the meetings of Friends, no matter 
how quietly or secretly the same were held. Frequently some 
of these were kept for two years in these loathsome places, 
without any means of redress or opportunity to attend to the 
wants of their families. The a6ls against conventicles, as passed 
by the parliament, and the little reliance to be placed in the 



326 FIUST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

promises of the king, left no hope for an end of the persecu- 
tions which this religious body suffered. As late as in 1681, the 
House of Commons rejedled the following resolution : 

"That in the opinion of the House, the persecutions of the 
Protestant dissenters upon the penal laws, is at this time grevi- 
ous to the subje6l, a weakening of the Protestant interest, an 
encouragement to Popery and dangerous to the peace of the 
Kingdom. ' ' 

Those who observed this reflex of public sentiment could not 
be mistaken in regard to the rigorous enforcement of the laws ; 
and such as suffered thereby were forced to look to some other 
place where this kind of intolerance could not reach them. 

William Wood arrived at Burlington in the "Willing Mind," 
John Newcomb, commander, in November, 1677; and, in the 
records of the first court held at that place in 1680, William 
and Thomas Wood appear as grand jurymen, when that part 
of the government was put in motion.^ William was the first 
to change his place of settlement and take up his abode in New 
Jersey. In the year last named, he located thirty-six acres 
within the town bounds of Burlington, where he, no doubt, 
built himself a log cabin, perhaps emulating his neighbors in 
its style and finish. He married Mary Parnell in 1682.^ 

In the year 1677, John Wood of Attercliffe in the parish of 
Sheffield, Yorkshire, purchased of George Hutchinson a quan- 
tity of proprietary rights, to be used by him on his arrival in 
West New Jersey;^ and the ship book of the "Shield" has an 
entry which says, "that John Wood of Attercliffe, in the parish 
of Sheffield, Yorkshire, was a passenger in that vessel, and 
arrived in the Delaware in the tenth month, 1678."* His 
family consisted of five children, who came with him, and 
whose names also appear on the said book.^ They were John, 
Joseph, Esther, Mary, who married Thomas Coleman, and 
Sarah. ^ Thomas Wood, a brother of John, came in the same 
ship ; he located a lot of land in Burlington and built a house 



1 Smith's History of New Jersey, 102, 4 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 

2 Revel's Book, 12 5 Smith's History of New Jersey, 109. 

3 Lib. Bi, g8, 6 Revel's Book, 79. 



THE WOODS. 327 

thereon.' He married Mary Howie in 1685, but of his family- 
nothing is known. ^ 

This was the first English vessel that passed up the river as 
far as Burlington.^ It was moored to a tree, and the next 
morning the passengers went ashore on the ice. A "godlie 
companie" of Friends came in this boat, and doubtless were 
well received by those who had preceded them. 

In 1682, John, Constantine and Jeremiah were residents of 
the town of Bury in Lancashire, and in that year they each 
bought of the trustees of Edward Byllynge proprietary rights 
in anticipation of their removal to America.^" This town lies 
about forty miles northeast of Liverpool, and has, since their 
departure therefrom, become a place of considerable proportions. 

It may be safely concluded that the first John herein named 
is not the John herein secondly mentioned ; but, when spoken 
of in other conne6lions, the distin6tion does not appear so clear. 

Jonathan Wood (husbandman), a resident of the parish of 
Maltby in Yorkshire, England, also became the owner of rights 
about the same time ; but he abandoned the idea of moving to 
the "Plantations in America," and sold his acres to Christopher 
Snowdon in 1684, who came over and settled in Burlington 
county about the time of his purchase." 

John, Constantine and Jeremiah Wood came to New Jersey 
the same year in which they made their purchases. On 
September 4th, 1682, Henry Wood bought of Samuel Cole 
a tra6l of land on the north side of Cooper's creek, bounded 
by the land which Samuel Cole subsequently sold to Samuel 
Spicer and extending to the river Delaware.'^ This appears 
from maps of the Woods' and Spicers' lands in the office of 
the Surveyor-General at Burlington, N. J., as re-surveyed in 
1723 and 1 728. The deed says : "situate at Arwawmosse, in West 
Jersey, also the dwelling house or tenement which he, the said 
Samuel inhabiteth, with the folds, yards, &c., excepting one 
cow house, &c." This farm fronted on both streams, and was 
part of the survey returned to Samuel Cole a few months before 
this sale, upon which the improvements were all new. The 



7 Revel's Book, 27. 10 Lib. Gi, 01, 03, 05. 

8 Lib. Bi, 123 II Lib. Bi, 248. 

9 Smith's History of New Jersey, 108. 12 Lib. Bi, 66, 



328 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Indian name of this plantation does not appear to have been 
retained through many generations, as no mention of it is made 
in any of the papers after that time.'^ 

The Henry Wood last named was not of the family first 
noticed. He with his wife and children came from Newport, 
Rhode Island, as appears by the records of the Friends' Meeting 
of Newton ; but not until a year or so after the purchase, as his 
certificate of removal is dated twelfth month 5th, 1687. He 
was probably a son of William Wood, author of a much read 
Quaker pamphlet, called "New England's Prospe6l," published 
in 1634; he returned to England in 1635 with his brother John 
in the ship Hopewell, from which Henry named his homestead 
property. 

John, Constantine and Jeremiah seledled their land at the 
mouth of Woodbury creek, also in Gloucester county, where 
had already settled a few Swedes. In 1683, John Wood located 
three hundred acres at that place, within the bounds of which 
these persons ere6led their habitations." This hamlet is deserv- 
ing of more than a passing notice, for from it radiated all the 
settlements in that part of Gloucester county, as well in the 
unexplored forests as along the river shore. In John Wood's 
house a meeting was established after the order of Friends, to 
which place those in that se6lion resorted for religious worship.'* 
It was known among the people at that day as "The Shelter," 
although the name does not often occur, neither does it appear 
to have any significance. This meeting was so kept until 1696, 
in which year John Wood conveyed to Thomas Gardiner, 
William Warner and Joshua Lord, a lot of land for a grave- 
yard, and upon this a meeting house was ere6ted the same 
year.'^ No vestige of the old building remains, but the spot 
in which were laid the bodies of those hardy pioneers is still 
held sacred. So may it always be. 

Those who were contemporary with John, Constantine and 
Jeremiah Wood in this little colony, and who joined in the 
meeting at John's house, were Joshua Lord, Henry Tredway, 
Thomas Gardner, Thomas Mathews, John Ladd, George Ward, 
William Warner and others. The several locations of these 



13 Revel's Book, 63. 15 The Friend, Vol. 4, 206. 

14 Revel's Book, 43. 16 Lib. G3, 214. 



THE WOODS. 329 

persons extended along the river shore as far as Eagle Point, 
up the creek to about where Woodbury now stands, and also 
on Mathew's branch, a tributary of the last named stream. 
Previously to the settlement by the English, these localities 
were called "Long Harris's creek" and ''Batchelor's bank;" 
but these names were soon lost sight of after their coming." 
In what way they were derived does not appear. 

There were a few Swedish families about the mouth of Wood- 
bury creek previously to the coming of these colonists. This 
may have been an inducement for stopping at that place. ^^ The 
Dalboos had land thereabout, and Walla Swanson of Wickaco 
was likewise an owner of two hundred acres. ^^ In his will dated 
in 1692, he gave these to his children, John, Peter, Swan, Mary, 
wife of William Warner, Lydia, wife of Josiah Harper, Bridget, 
Catharine, wife of James Laconey, and Judith.^" They divided 
the same in 1729.'^ 

In 1 7 1 5 John Swanson conveyed to John Ladd, Henry Wood 
and John Cooper, one acre of land on the west side of the 
creek and on the south side of the King's road, no doubt to 
be used for a burial place, and thereon to ere6l a meeting 
house.'''" 

John Wood sat as a member of the Legislature in the year 
1685, was appointed one of the commissioners for dividing land 
in the same year, and, in 1687, one of the judges of the courts 
of Gloucester county. From 1695 to 1700, he was continuously 
appointed one of the coroners, and in 1701 made king's attor- 
ney. In 1687, he was, with William Warner, presented by the 
grand jury for assisting two "notorious criminals" to go out of 
the county. John Wood appeared at the bar of the court, 
made proper explanation of the matter and acknowledged 
his error; and the case was abandoned.^-'' It was, perhaps, 
through his influence that the courts were held at Red Bank for 
a few years ; but this was soon found to be an out-of-the-way, 
inconvenient place, and accordingly abandoned. 

John Wood deceased in 1705, having a large landed estate, 



17 Revel's Book, 68. 21 Revel's Book, 61. 

18 Lib. Z, 454 22 Lib. A, 145. 

!■) Lib. E, 423. 23 Minute Book of Gloucester County 
20 Lib. X 177. Courts, Woodbury. 



330 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

which he disposed of by his will.^^ The homestead property 
fronting on the creek and the river, he gave to his son John. 
In this devise he excepted the graveyard and meeting house 
property, doubtless to avoid any trouble after his death in 
regard to the boundaries and rights of the society to the same. 
His wife Sarah and the following named children survived him: 

John, Joseph, Esther, Constantine, who married Alice and 

died in 1 734. Mary, Henry, Sarah, who married Joshua Lord, 
and Alice. 

It is probable that the daughter Sarah died before her father, 
as mention is made of her four children in his will. Portions 
of this estate remained in the name and family for many years 
after his decease. 

Henry Wood remained on the premises which he purchased 
of Samuel Cole, and there died in 1691, having been a member 
and constant attendant of the Newton meeting. He was some- 
what of a public man, as he was a member of the Assembly in 
1683 and 1684; but in the last year did not attend. ^^ In 1684, 
he was appointed one of the commissioners for laying out land 
and purchasing from the Indians; and, in 1685, he a6led as a 
commissioner for opening highways and keeping the same in 
repair. He rendered service in many other minor positions, 
and was a useful man in his time. All his traveling was done 
by water, and the daughters as well as the sons were experts in 
managing a boat. No fishing excursion was defeated for want 
of a man to work the skiff, nor sailing party put off because the 
beaux were not there to manage the helm. To be equal to 
every emergency in this means of locomotion, was part of an 
education not to be negledled; and no little table talk origi- 
nated in the rivalry of those who prided themselves upon their 
nautical ability, and who were always ready to test their knowl- 
edge by a race on the water. 

Newton creek (perchance, before the tide was checked by 
dam, or the stream narrowed by banks,) has been the scene of 
many such trials. The merits of every new craft must needs be 
tested, and, with a good breeze, the temptation was too great 
riot to know the strong and the weak points thereof. Some 



24 Lib. No. I, 173. 

25 Learning and Spicer's Laws. 



THE WOODS. 331 

public friendj upon his return from meeting, may have unwill- 
ingly found himself in the midst of one of these contests, and, 
while having fast hold of his hat, may have yielded for the 
moment to the excitement that surrounded him, forgetting that 
the force of example always strengthened precept. In our day, 
horse flesh supplies this means of travel, and the followers of 
George Fox have now as keen an eye for the good points of a 
roadster as our ancestors had for the sailing qualities of their 
water craft. 

Early and constant training will control the bent of our 
nature, yet its latent propensities may occasionally crop out in 
a dire6lion not consistent with our education, or with the 
examples that sometimes surround us. The line that separates 
a commendable purpose from that which leads to error, may, 
in our zeal, be overlooked, and, unless experience and ripe 
judgment be regarded, the dangers of a wrong dire6lion are 
much increased. 

In 1683, Henry Wood located three hundred and fifty acres 
of land on the north side of and fronting Cooper's creek; this 
he afterward sold to Matthew Burden in 1686, who probably 
settled on the same.'^^ This grantee was a resident of Ports- 
mouth in Rhode Island at the time of the purchase, and in 
some way conne6led with the grantor." The name of Burden 
does not often occur among the early settlers hereabout. 
Richard, a son of Matthew Burden, conveyed this land to John 
Cox in 1711 ; much of it is now included in the Browning 
estate, and divided into various farms. He was the owner of 
much other land in West New Jersey, but he disposed of the 
greater part before his death.-'* 

Henry Wood's will bears date April 2d, 1691, and was 
admitted to probate in June of the same year.^^ Samuel 
Carpenter of Philadelphia and George Smith of West New 
Jersey were made trustees, and Walter Clark and Benjamin 
Newberry of Rhode Island were appointed executors. In this 
writing, he says that he was a resident of Hopewell, in 
Gloucester county, West New Jersey, which name has, how- 
ever, been lost to the estate for many years. Although much 



26 Basse's Book, 150. 28 Lib. BBB, 68. 

27 Lib. BB, 67. 29 Lib. No. 13, 518. 



332 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

real estate passed under this document, yet it does not 
appear of record for more than half a century after its 
probate, — an occurrence that but seldom happens, and that 
remains unexplained. The appointment of persons residing 
in Rhode Island as executors, is accounted for by his having 
left friends and, perhaps, relatives in that colony upon 
his removal hither. His children were Henry, James (a 
shipwright, who lived in Philadelphia and married Mary 
Pellor in 1715); Richard; Judith, who married Thomas 
Willard in 1 689 ; Abigail, who married Daniel Cooper in 
1693; Hannah, who married Joseph Nicholson in 1695; 
Elizabeth, who married Stephen Newbie in 1 703 ; and 
Benjamin, who married Mary Kay, daughter of John, in 
1707. 

His widow Hannah survived him several years. In 1754, 
the son Henry died a single man, and by his will disposed of 
the real estate given to him by his father among his brothers 
and sisters. •^° Thomas and Judith Willard settled on a planta- 
tion near that of her father's. Thomas died there in 1734, 
intestate, leaving three sons, James, Henry and Thomas. ^^ 

Abigail, the wife of Daniel Cooper, died in a short time after 
her marriage, and without children. Joseph Nicholson, a son of 
Samuel, and the first of the name that settled in Gloucester 
county, became the owner of the homestead in 1699, by deed 
from James Nicholson, and with his wife made that his home.^^ 
Joseph deceased in 1702, intestate, leaving but two children, 
George, who married Alice Lord in 171 7, and Samuel, who 
married Sarah Burrough in 1722, Rebecca Saint in 1744, and 
Jane Albertson, widow of William and daughter of John Engle, 
in 1749.^^ 

Stephen and Elizabeth Newbie settled in Newton township 
on part of the land taken up by Mark, the father of Stephen. 
He died in 1706; his widow and two children survived him. 
Of these, Mark died single in 1735, ^"^^ Hannah married 
Joseph Thackara. 

After the decease of Joseph Nicholson, Benjamin Wood 
purchased the homestead estate, and thereon he resided until 



30 Gloucester Files. 32 Lib. G3, 214. 

31 Lib. W, 386. 33 Gloucester Files. 



THE WOODS. 333 

his death in 1738. Like his father, he called the old place 
Hopewell, the original Indian name of Arwawmosse, as men- 
tioned by Samuel Cole when he conveyed to Henry Wood, 
having been abandoned at an early date in their ownership. 
Benjamin Wood's plantation fronted on the river. His wife 
Mary survived him, and the following children : Mary, who 
married Joseph Cole and Richard Matlack ; Elizabeth, who 
married Elias Toy ; Hannah, who married Joseph Heulings ; 
Abigail, who married Robert Hunt ; Benjamin, who married 

, the latter dying in 1750; John, Judith and Jane.^* 

By his will, the real estate of which he died seized, passed to 
his children ; but in that generation much thereof was alienated, 
and, at this writing, no part of the soil is held in the name.^^ 

The graveyard commenced by the Woods and Spicers, which 
stands upon the original tra6l of land as surveyed to Samuel 
Cole, is still in existence. Some of those in whose veins 
flows the blood of the first English settlers, have with com- 
mendable care preserved its boundaries, and saved it from 
encroachment. In later years memorials have been raised to 
show where lie the remains of some of the younger branches 
of the families ; but, of the first there interred, no tradition or 
record has been left to point out their particular resting place. 

The majestic oaks that stood around, and upon whose bark 
had b(?en rudely traced the names of many of the occupants, 
are gone. These marks, which, to the heedless axeman, were 
without meaning, bore in themselves a history, full of interest 
to the descendants of those whose memory they were designed 
to preserve. No trace of these old, living monuments is left, 
and with them passed away the only remembrance of the first 
settlers in that part of the colony. Where stood the primitive 
forests, as owned by Henry Wood one hundred and eighty years 
since, the soil is now divided into valuable farms, and, before 
another like lapse of time, will be included in the city of 
Camden and be covered with the dwellings of its inhabitants. 

34 Lib. No. 7,. 367. V 

35 Lib. No. 4, 135. 



RICHARD MATHEWS. 



IN 1699, Richard Mathews was a "factor," and resided in 
Stokenewington, in the county of Middlesex, England.^ 
He had previously resided in the city of London, but had prob- 
ably been driven from that place on account of the persecution 
of Friends. He was largely interested in the proprieties, and, 
through his agents in West New Jersey, made several surveys in 
Gloucester county. In 1683, a survey of five hundred acres 
was returned in his name as made in Newton township ; upon 
which now stands the larger part of the village of Haddonfield.'* 
In 1 69 1, he, through Elias Farr, his attorney, conveyed one 
hundred acres of the same to William Lovejoy, it being that 
part of the survey which lay east of the main street of the 
town, at that time nothing more than a bridle path or Indian 
trail. ^"* The remainder of the tra6l was by him sold to John 
Haddon, in whose family it was held for many years. ^ The 
blacksmith shop, which is marked on a map of the same made 
in 1 700, and is the only building thereon represented, was, in all 
probability, placed there by William Lovejoy, who attended to 
the wants of the small community around him in his particular 
line. It is supposable that his business included the duties of a 
tinker, a gunsmith and a clock maker also, and that he looked 
after all the hardware of the housekeepers near his place ; kept 
all the fowling-pieces and muskets in good order; and regulated 



1 Lib. G3, 458. 3 Basse's Book, 237. 4 Lib. G3, 93. 

2 Revel's Book, 38. 5 Lib. Gi, 07. 



336 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

the clocks thereabout when the sun shone and his dial was 
properly adjusted." 

In 16S4, Edward Byllynge appointed Thomas Mathews as his 
attorney, with the consent of George Hutchinson, to sell thirty 
shares of propriety of West New Jersey. This shows that he 
had the confidence of the patroon.' It would appear that Wil- 
liam Lovejoy was an apprentice to Thomas Mathews, for, in 
1696, Thomas Gardiner, as administrator, conveyed to Lovejoy 
fifty acres of land for services rendered.^ These services were 
those of a blacksmith; but this calling he abandoned after 
a few years. 

In 1686, a survey was made to Richard Mathews on a branch 
of Woodbury creek, called Mathew's run, containing four hun- 
dred and fifty acres, whereon his son Thomas and Thomas 
Gardiner, who married his daughter Hannah, settled. Another 
survey was made near Red Bank of three hundred and fifteen 
acres, which, together with all his other real estate, passed out 
of the name many years since. There is nothing to show that 
Richard Mathews himself ever came to America; while but 
part of his family came, consisting of one son, Thomas, and 
a daughter, Hannah, who married Thomas Gardiner, Jr., in 
1684, at Friends meeting in Burlington." The probability is, 
however, that these were his only children, and that, like 
Elizabeth Estaugh, they came hither to look after the estate 
of the parent. 

Thomas Mathews, the son, settled on the tra6l of land near 
Woodbury creek, and, if he was not a bachelor, he died without 
children, and intestate, as his entire landed property passed to 
his sister Hannah Gardiner, through whose blood at this time 
there remains no connection with this particular family in 
New Jersey.'" Richard Mathews died about 1696, and the 
son Thomas about 1702. 

In the year 1683, Thomas Mathews made a proposition to 
the Legislature to exchange one thousand acres of land for a 
site to build a saw mill in the forks of Rancocas creek. The 
matter was referred to commissioners, and, perhaps, was con- 



6 Lib. B, 129. 9 Lib. S, 465. 

7 Lib. Gi, 139. 10 Basse's Book, 52, 123. 

8 Lib. G2, 176. 



RICHARD MATHEWS. 337 

summated ; but where the saw mill stood, and whether it has 
been maintained to the present time, do not appear. 

In 1685, he was returned as one of the members of the 
Legislature from the fourth tenth ; at which time he resided 
at Woodbury creek. In the same year, he represented Ben- 
jamin Bartlett, Robert Squib and Robert Squib, Jr., as their 
proxy in the disposal of proprieties, and in voting for members 
of the council of proprietors ; this privilege, from some 
irregularity, the Legislature revoked, and passed a resolution 
to meet the trouble. The Legislature was jealous of the 
power and a6lion of the council, and much diplomacy had 
to be used by the more conservative members of each body 
to prevent difficulty between them. The interest of many 
members of the Legislature in the soil, and their desire to 
encourage emigration and settlement, prevented the clashing 
of the two bodies, which, otherwise, would have led to 
disastrous results. 



±2 



ROBERT TURNER. 



THIS person was never a resident of New Jersey. Being 
a man of large estate, he became interested in the various 
speculations going on in England, touching the settlements 
in America, and rendered much service to such as desired 
to remove, but had not the means wherewith to accomplish that 
end. He was an Irish Quaker, engaged in merchandise. He 
resided in the city of Dublin, where he much advanced the 
spread of the religious do6lrines which he had espoused ; and 
this brought upon him an equal measure of persecution from 
those who conceived their authority to be absolute.' In 1662, 
he, with many others, was taken from a religious meeting of 
Friends, and confined in the Bridewell prison. Two years 
before he had been locked up in Newgate for a like offence. 
In 1665, he was imprisoned and despoiled of his goods, and, 
in 1669, had his property again taken for the reason that he had 
refused to pay tithes. His estate seems to have had an attrac- 
tion for such as, in those days, went about with religious zeal 
to punish those who differed with them in opinion. 

Immediately upon the consummation of the grant of territory 
in America by the king to William Penn, he closed his 
business in Ireland, and removed to Philadelphia. He came 
in the ship ''Lion " of Liverpool from Dublin, with the certifi- 
cate of the Men's Meeting of Friends from the last named 
place, and arrived in Philadelphia on the 14th of the eighth 
month, 1683. He brought with him his family and some twenty 

I Lib. Bi, 52. 



340 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

persons as servants. With William Penn he was on the most 
intimate terms, having been associated with him in his various 
religious difficulties ; and he was frequently his companion in 
his travels in England. From among the extensive correspon- 
dence that occurred between them, it may not be uninteresting 
to copy a letter, in which an explanation is given of the way 
in which the appellation that his territory now bears, was fixed, 
showing how fearful he was that the same might appear egostis- 
tical. It runs as follows : 

"To Robert Turner. 5 of ist Mo, 1681. 

Dear Friend : My true love in the Lord salutes thee, and dear 
friends that love the Lord's precious truth in those parts. 
Thine I have, and for my business here. Know that after 
many waitings, watchings, solicitings and disputes in Council, 
this day ray country was confirmed to me under the great seal 
of England, with large powers and privileges by the name of 
Pennsylvania — a name the King would give it, in honour of 
my father. I chose New Wales, being as this is a pretty hilly 
country, but Penn being Welsh for a head, as Penaumoire in 
Wales, and Penrith in Cumberland, and Penn in Buckingham- 
shire, the highest land in England, he called this Pennsylvania, 
which is the high or head Woodland; for I proposed, when the 
secretary, a Welshman, refused to have it called New Wales, 
Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ; and though I much opposed 
it and went to the King to have it struck out, and altered, he 
said it was past, and would take it upon him. Nor could 
twenty guineas move the under secretaries to vary the name, 
for I feared least it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and 
not as a respe<5l in the King as it truly was to my father, whom 
he often mentions with praise. Thou mayst communicate my 
grant to friends, and expe6l shortly my proposals. It is a clear 
and just thing, and my God that has given it to me through 
many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of 
a nation. I shall have a tender care of the government, that 
it will be well laid at the first. No more now, but dear love 
in truth. Thy true friend, 

William Penn." 



ROBERT TURNER. 341 

In this letter are disclosed the real sentiments of the writer 
upon the subje6l in question, as well as the history of a matter 
now of much interest to all. In a money point of view, this 
grant discharged a debt which the creditor feared never would 
be paid, and about which there had been much controversy and 
dispute. The influence of William Penn with the king was 
a cause of jealousy among those who surrounded him, and who 
sought the same position that he undoubtedly held at court. 
This was the secret of all the opposition to the settlement 
of the claim, and the fa6l that hindered its consummation. 

The charter, which contained "large powers and privileges," 
has become a venerable document. It has been framed, and it 
now hangs in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth at 
Harrisburg. It is ornamented with heraldic devices on strong 
parchment, and, at the top of the first page, displays a finely 
executed likeness of Charles the Second, king of England, &c. 

The letter contains one other sentiment worthy of note, 
which is that this grant of land, and the laws that he proposed 
to establish there, would make the colony ^^ the seed of a nation.' ' 
Whatever may have been the expedlations of this great man in 
regard to the people that should spring up on his new acquisi- 
tion, or whatever he hoped that time would develop in the 
resources and advantages of the soil within its bounds, he 
never could have contemplated any such advancement as the 
present generation beholds at this day. He only knew it as it 
lay upon the river Delaware ; which stream would offer all the 
water communication that was necessary for the wants of the 
people. The immense forests, the inexhaustible mineral 
resources, the advantages of water power for manufa6luring 
purposes and inland transportation, as well as the extensive 
agricultural distridls that lay within the bounds of his pur- 
chase, were things beyond his view, and beyond the scope 
of his imagination. The "tender care" which he had for 
the government, that emigrants might be assured of justice 
to all, marked him as a man of foresight and deserving merit, 
and in this he certainly planted the "seed of a nation." 

Many difficulties occurred in regard to titles to land made by 
Penn, some concerning the boundaries, and others, the right of 



342 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

possession ; these troubles were frequently referred to Robert 
Turner, who mostly settled them to satisfa6lion. As Thomas 
Sharp, and those other adventurers who settled at Newton, 
came from Dublin, and took their land within the bounds of 
the Irish tenth, as laid forth in West Jersey, there can be 
no doubt that Robert Turner knew them before they came, 
and continued the acquaintance after their arrival here. In 
the memorial left by Sharp touching this part of their history, 
reference is made to the adjustment of a difficulty by Robert 
Turner in relation to land taken up by George Goldsmith. 
In this settlement he showed his good feeling toward Goldsmith 
by conveying him a portion of the survey whereon he had made 
his improvements. The remainder of this survey he sold to 
Isaac Hollingsham. 

The Graysburys purchased a tra6l of land lying in Newton, 
which he had located on the south side of the main branch of 
Newton creek. He made other surveys in the township, some 
of which were bounded by Cooper's creek, and some by the 
river front, now included in the city of Camden.^ For the five 
years immediately after the first settlement, he perhaps owned 
more land in this township than any other individual, and no 
doubt took much interest in its advancement and progress. 
In the sales of land, as made in Pennsylvania by William Penn 
to those who were settling there, and to many residents in 
England, and Scotland, and Ireland, who never came thence, 
the name of Robert Turner often occurs ; and, at his death, his 
landed estates must have been large and valuable. In the city, 
he owned several squares of ground, which he, no doubt, used 
for farming purposes, but which are now in the centre of the 
metropolis. 

The wife of Robert Turner was Susanna, daughter of William 
Welch, and their children were Edward, who married Catharine 
Carter. (He dying, she married John Baldwin.^ She also 

survived him and married Cloud of Chester county, Pa. );^ 

Martha, who married Francis Rawle ; and Mary, who married 
Joseph Pidgeon.^ Mary Rawle, a daughter of Francis, married 
William Cooper in 1732, a son of Daniel and grandson of the 



2 Sharp's Book, 03. O. S. G. 4 Lib- E, 69. 

3 Lib. G3, 379. 5 Lib. BBi-, 352. 



ROBERT TURNER. 343 

first William/ Her husband settled with her in Philadelphia, 
where he remained until his death.' He was the owner of 
much land in Camden, coming to him from his paternal 
ancestors. Mary Pidgeon deceased in 1733, leaving one son, 
Joseph. Francis and Martha Rawle had other children than 
Mary, as follows : Robert, Francis, William, Joseph, John, 
Benjamin, Jane, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Robert Turner died 
intestate. 

Although not a resident of the colony, yet, in 1685, he was 
returned as one of the representatives of the third tenth in the 
Legislature of West New Jersey; but he did not appear at the 
first sitting thereof.^ At the second session, his name appears, 
at which time he was appointed as one of the commissioners to 
regulate the sale of land, and to contra6l with the Indians for 
the purchase of their right in the soil. He was also appointed 
one of the committee to examine proxies sent by the proprie- 
tors residing in England, since some difficulty had arisen con- 
cerning their legality, the manner in which they were obtained, 
and the way in which they were being used. 

The exercising of these privileges by Robert Turner would 
seem to show that he lived in West New Jersey for a short time, 
although nothing beside would lead to such conclusion ; or that 
the custom prevailing in England at that time, and still, to some 
extent, followed there, of ele6ling persons of one se6lion of the 
realm to represent those of another, in this single instance 
obtained here. Supposing such to be the fa6l, the rule was 
much strained in this case, for he then resided in another com- 
monwealth, based upon a different constitution and governed in 
many particulars by different laws. That he had large interests 
here is well known. He was also as desirous as the inhabitants 
were that wholesome regulations should be provided for the 
growing colony, in order that new comers could be induced to 
settle; for, as a consequence, the value of the land held for 
sale would be greatly increased. It would appear that Robert 
Turner's interest in New Jersey was not confined to the western 
division, for, in 1683, ^^ o^''^ ^f the owners of East New Jersey, 



6 Lib. F, 03, Philadelphia Records. 

7 Vol, IX., 19, New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings. 

8 Learning & Spicer's Laws of New Jersey. 



344 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

he, by his proxy, voted to confirm Gawen Lawrie as deputy 
governor of that province under the appointment of Robert 
Barclay, he being empowered so to do by the original covenant 
entered into with the proprietors.' 

He was also one o'f the signers of the letter from the pro- 
prietors to the planters in that province, about the same date ; 
in which is expressed a desire that equity and justice may 
rule, and that right shall be done to all who may transport 
themselves into that country. But little is said of him in the 
many histories and narratives of those early times ; which is 
surprising in view of the large estates which he held in Pennsyl- 
vania, East and West New Jersey. He did not participate very 
much in the political affairs of these colonies, and is not known 
in any of the troubles that occurred in those times. His place 
seems to have been that of umpire in the settlement of personal 
troubles to the avoidance of law suits and other like scandal. 

9 Learning and Spicer's Laws of New Jersey. 



SAMUEL CARPENTER. 



THE business relations of William Penn with Edward 
Byllynge and his creditors, and the disposal of the 
latter' s landed estate in West New Jersey to settle their 
claims against him, as well as his troublesome diplomacy 
with John Fenwick, are said to have been the first motives 
that attra6led his attention toward the establishment of a colony 
in America. The indebtedness of the crown to his father for 
valuable tiaval services, which remained unpaid at the time of 
his decease, and, in the financial condition of the government 
treasury at that period, were likely so to remain, was an additional 
incentive for the son to petition for a grant of land in liquida- 
tion of the claim. 

This petition was strongly opposed in the privy council ; some 
of whom, on the subje6l of civil and religious liberty, were hostile 
to his views. He succeeded, however, after much importunity, 
in securing a charter for the territory of Pennsylvania, and at 
once took steps to transport emigrants thereto. His position in 
the Society of Friends, his known honesty and singleness of 
purpose, soon drew around him very many persons who were 
willing to "make the adventure," a greater part of whom had 
sufficient of this world's goods to make their outfit comfortable, 
with enough, after their arrival, to prote6l them from want. 
His form of government and code of laws were especially 
acceptable to such as were thus suffering from the intolerance 



346 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

that surrounded them in England ; and of these they took 
advantage by joining the various companies of emigrants 
coming to Pennsylvania. One important principle involved 
was set forth in these words: "That all persons living in this 
province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and 
Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the 
world, and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live 
peaceably and justly in civil society, shall in no wise be 
molested or prejudiced for their religious persuasion or prac- 
tices in matters of faith and worship ; nor shall they be com- 
pelled at any time to frequent or maintain any religious worship, 
place, or ministry whatever." 

All these things took place within three years after the arrival 
of the first emigrants at Burlington. The settlements of the 
English on both sides of the Delaware river, were thus made 
almost identical. The same enlarged views in the form of gov- 
ernment, and the same liberality in the sale and disposal of land, 
were as faithfully observed in the one colony as in the other ; 
and whatever was considered as advantageous to the one was 
certain to be adopted by the managers of affairs on the other 
side of the river. The social and religious intercourse that was 
constantly kept up between the settlements introduced many 
business transadlions, some of which involved the sale and pur- 
chase of real estate on one side of the stream to persons residing 
upon the opposite side ; and it was frequently the case that 
persons in Pennsylvania owned considerable tra6ts of land in 
New Jersey ; many of which were held for terms of years, 
and sometimes descended through several generations of the 
same family. Of these persons, Samuel Carpenter was one. 
The first purchase of land made by him in Gloucester county 
was of Samuel Jennings in 1684. It was one of six hundred 
acres, lying on the south side of Timber creek, and having 
considerable front on the river Delaware. ' This included 
what has since become the valuable fisheries at Howell's Cove, 
though, at the time of purchase, they had no worth in the eyes 
of the contra6ling parties. These lands remained in the family 
for many years, passing to the son Samuel, whose widow, 
Hannah, sold part thereof, as executrix of her husband, to 

I Lib. Bi, 43. 



SAMUEL CARPENTER. 347 

Samuel Ladd, through whom they descended to his daughter, 
Deborah West.- 

In 1689, Samuel Carpenter bought fifty acres of William 
Royden, situated in Newton township, with a front on the river. 
This was part of the survey that Royden had previously made, 
extending from the river easterly to Cooper's creek. ^ Upon 
this now stands the principal part of the city of Camden, 
which, after several conveyances, became the property of Wil- 
liam Cooper. The fifty acres extended down the edge of the 
stream from near Cooper street, and back frc/m the shore 
sufficiently far to obtain the full quantity, as called for in the 
deed. This, however, he sold the same year. He did not 
make any subsequent purchase of land in the township. In 
Bowden's History of Friends, may be found a short sketch 
of Samuel Carpenter. This says : 

" He emigrated to Pennsylvania a few years after its settle- 
ment. He had previously resided in Barbadoes, when, in 1673, 
and again in 1685, he suffered considerably in distraints, for his 
faithful testimony in bearing arms. Next to William Penn, he 
was considered the most wealthy person in the province, for, 
besides large mills at Bristol, Darby and Chester, and dwelling 
houses, warehouses and wharves in Philadelphia, he also held 
nearly twenty thousand acres of land in different parts of the 
province, and was largely engaged as a merchant. In 1693, '"'^ 
became a member of the Assembly, and, a few years later, one 
of the council, and ultimatel} treasurer of the province. 
Through a great variety of business, he preserved the love 
and esteem o'i a large and extensive acquaintance. His ability, 
a6tivity and benevolence of disposition in divers capacities, but 
more particularly among his friends, the Quakers, are said to 
have distinguished him as a very useful and valuable member, 
not only of that religious society, but also of the community in 
general. He died in 1713." 

He took an a6live part in the political affairs of the city of 
Philadelphia, being, for several years previous to 171 2, one 
of the members of council, and, in 1701, also sitting as a 



2 Lib. AL, 496. 

3 Lib. C, 128, Lib. G, io8. 



348 FIJ^ST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

member of the Assembly, representing a larger constituency 
than any other person eledled. Beside the real estate which 
he held within the city bounds, he was also the owner of large 
tra6ls of land in the interior of the State, the grant for which 
was made direftly to him by the patroon. Near the mouth 
of the Schuylkill he had considerable marsh land, which he 
improved into meadow, and which for many years was called 
Carpenter's island. 

Whether he was a native of the Island of Barbadoes, or was 
banished from England on account of his religious principles, 
does not appear; but that he was a consistent and a6tive mem- 
ber of the Society of Friends, cannot be questioned. On that 
island there were many of this religious pursuasion, and to this 
place nearly all the ministers of this Society that visited 
America resorted before their return to England. This was 
before settlements were attempted in Pennsylvania or New 
Jersey; and the island was looked upon as a place of banish- 
ment for those who fell under the displeasure of the govern- 
ment, and whose adherence to their creed and pracflice could 
not be abated by any of the punishments infli6led at home. 
A few years corre6led much of the misery and destitution that 
was intended by those in power, who not only imprisoned such 
as became subje6l to their tyranny, but robbed them of their 
property, and transported them without any means of future 
support; for, in a short time, those who had been previously 
sent for like offences, had, by thrift and economy, secured 
enough to assist others who came under similar circumstances, 
and to render their condition comparatively comfortable. 

By the industry and perseverance of this class of citizens, 
the agricultural advantages of the island were soon developed ; 
and the increase of revenue to the home government, as well 
as large exportations of the produ6ls to England for trade, 
appeared as a reproach upon those who had so shamefully driven 
these people from their home and estates for opinion's sake. 

The purchase of New Jersey and Pennsylvania by Friends, 
whose liberal form of government was so attractive, opened 
an asylum for such as remained under persecution. Hither 
they soon dire6ted their footsteps, and here they laid the found- 



SAMUEL CARPENTER. 349 

ation for the institutions that now surround us, "where none 
should make them afraid." 

Samuel Carpenter married Hannah Hardiman in 1684. She 
was of South Wales, and came to Pennsylvania with her 
parents.* Their children were Hannah, who married William 
Fishburn in 1701; John, who married Ann Hoskins in 1710; 
and Samuel, who married Hannah Preston in 1711. Samuel 
removed to Gloucester county, New Jersey, where he deceased 
in 1747, leaving a widow and children.^ Many of the name 
are now residents of this State, and the dire(5l and collateral 
branches are numerous throughout the United States. As the 
record of the family of Samuel Carpenter is uncertain, by reason 
of the early branches thereof residing in another state, it is 
perhaps proper that a conveyance of land made by Robert 
Turner to Abraham Carpenter, a mariner, and Joshua Carpen- 
ter, a brewer, both of Philadelphia, in 1693, should be referred 
to.® This tra6l contained four hundred and twelve acres, and 
lay in Newton township, fronting on Cooper's creek and adjoin- 
ing the lands of Archibald Mickle, Edward Newbie and others. 

In 1697, the Carpenters sold the whole to Joseph Cooper, 
who, in 1 714, gave the same to his eldest son, Joseph.' This 
tra(5l of land now constitutes the most easterly part of the 
Cope estate, lying between Haddonfield and Camden. These 
men were brothers of the first Samuel, and resided in Philadel- 
phia. Joshua was a man of considerable real estate in the city, 
and a6led as commissioner for William Penn in the sale of his 
land in Pennsylvania. 

That the subje6l of this sketch was always a resident of Penn- 
sylvania, and came to Philadelphia before it had shape as a 
town, has generally been accepted as historic truth. Yet there 
is doubt upon this point, as will appear from the following 
references. In the year 1685, he was a member of the Friends' 
Meeting at Salem, as, on the 30th day of the 9th month, he 
was one of a committee to visit a member for some shortcoming. 
In the next year, he discharged a similar duty, and was also a 
contributor (he subscribing the largest sum) to finish the new end 
of the meeting house. On the 25th of 5th month, 1687, he 

4 Vol. IX, 19, N. J. Historical Society proceedings. 6 Lib. A, 148. 

5 Lib. No. 5, 433. 7 Lib. A, 08, Gloucester Deeds. 



35 o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

was appointed one of a committee to attend the Quarterly 
Meeting at Newton. 

In tlie year 1 700, when the Yearly Meeting was held in Salem, 
he took an a6live part in the proceedings, and was one of the 
committee to receive money for the support of the Yearly Meet- 
ing, on behalf of the Salem Meeting. In Learning and Spicer's 
revision of the laws of New Jersey, which also contains full lists 
of the members of the Legislature, may be found the name 
of Samuel Carpenter, as returned to represent the Salem tenth. 
This was in May 1685; and the inference would naturally follow 
that he resided within the limits of that division of the province 
at that time, and was sele6led to look after the interests of the 
people in those parts. A note, however, appended to the list 
says, "Robert Turner and Samuel Carpenter appear not." 
A curious feature of this session was that the Legislature sat 
but a single day, and, in the words of the resolution, agreed 
"to continue things upon the same foot and bottom as formerly, 
until things shall be controverted in England, or the king's 
pleasure be further known therein." The day was spent in 
appointing justices, commissioners, treasurers, clerks, sheriffs 
and constables for the several divisions, and in assessing a 
general tax upon the people. 

On the 25 th of the ninth month in the same year, this body 
again assembled, at which time Samuel Carpenter appeared and 
took his seat, representing the Salem tenth, and was appointed 
one of the council. The sitting on that occasion was for 
nine days, in which time a number of salutary laws were 
passed, and several resolutions a6led upon, concerning the 
duties devolving upon them. All this looks as if Samuel 
Carpenter had been a resident of West New Jersey until 
about the year 1702, as, in that year, he gave fifteen pounds 
to ere6l the new meeting house at Salem, in which contribution 
he is mentioned as residing in Philadelphia, where he soon grew 
into the confidence of the patroon and rendered him valuable 
services in the government of the colony and the selling of his 
land. In reference to the laws of New Jersey passed while he 
was a member of the Legislature, the first a6l recorded may 
interest many persons at the present day, as it shows how our 



SAMUEL CARPENTER. 351 

Quaker ancestors avoided the inconsistency that is generally 
charged upon them, in regard to the military establishment 
attached to the province, which they saw the necessity of main- 
taining thereafter. It is as follows : 

"That whereas the purchasers and chief inhabitants for the 
generality in this province of West New Jersey, are a people 
whose principles for conscience-sake cannot bear arms nor be 
found in the exercise of war: Nevertheless and notwithstand- 
ing, that such their principles may not be found or judged 
injurious to the King's and Queen's service, (under whose pro- 
te6tion we now live, and heartily receive them as such, as by our 
Proclamations thereof may appear) ; Be it ena6led by the 
Governor, Council and Representatives now in General Assem- 
bly met and assembled, and by the authority of the same, that 
such our principles and pra61;ices as aforesaid, shall be no ways 
binding or obliging to restrain such of the inhabitants of this 
province whose freedom and principles induce them to serve 
the King in the defence of the Province in such posture and 
form as the Governor and Council shall seem meet, being the 
liberty that we claim to ourselves, may not justly be denied to 
them, least we should do as we would not be done unto. Any 
a6l or law made to the contrary heretofore notwithstanding." 

In the framing and passage of this a6l, Samuel Carpenter, no 
doubt, took part. It bears the marks of great concession on 
behalf of Friends in this particular, and shows that no trouble 
would arise on their part with the executive of the govern- 
ment, touching a matter at that time considered so essential 
to its dignity and existence. Andrew Hamilton was then 
governor; he differed with the representatives of the people 
in many matters relating to the laws, and in their observance 
and enforcement; yet, in this enactment, he could not but see 
the yielding of this religious se6l to his wishes, and their desire 
to avoid trouble among the people. 



THOMAS GARDINER. 



THOMAS GARDINER came to Burlington in 1678 with 
his wife and children, bringing also considerable estate. 
His house was the first dwelling ere6led within the limits 
of the town. Although of logs, it was of larger dimensions 
than any other among his neighbors, and was finished with 
more care and expense ; in it was held the first Yearly Meet- 
ing of Friends in New Jersey. He probably came from the 
city of London, as some real estate owned by him there 
became the property of his grandchildren, who were, at the 
time, residents of Burlington. This is an inference only, and 
may prove erroneous. 

James Bowden, in his History of Friends, says: "At Burling- 
ton Monthly Meeting in the third month, 1681, it was concluded 
to establish a Yearly Meeting, the first to be held in the sixth 
month following. A notice of this conclusion was circulated 
among Friends of the provinces of East and West Jersey, and 
on the 28th of the sixth month, 1681, the meeting assembled 
at the house of Thomas Gardiner, of Burlington. But very 
little information of the proceedings of this Yearly Meeting, 
which occupied four days, has been preserved." 

In one of the manuscripts of Samuel Smith, the historian, has 
been found the following passage: "1685. This year ere6led 
a large and commodious meeting house. Samuel Jennings, 
Thomas Budd, John Gosling, Richard Guy, William Brighton 
and Thomas Gardiner were the principal promoters and con- 

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354 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

tributors." The authority from which this is derived cannot 
be questioned, and is conclusive as to the building of the 
"great meeting-house at Burlington." 

The Monthly Meeting, as above named, was regularly estab- 
lished three years previous to this time, the original records 
of which have been preserved, and from which the first minute 
there entered is here copied, as follows: 

"Since, by the good Providence of God, many Friends with 
their families have transported themselves into this province 
of West Jersey, the said Friends in the upper parts have found 
it needful, according to the pra6lice in the place we come from, 
to settle monthly meetings for the well ordering of the affairs 
of the church. It was agreed that accordingly it should be 
done the 15th of the fifth month, 1678." 

This Monthly Meeting consisted of Friends settled about the 
Falls (now Trenton), and of the particular meetings of Ranco- 
cas, in New Jersey ; Shackomaxon, and Chester in Pennsylvania. 
From all of these places, Burlington could be reached by water ; 
and of this easy mode of transportation those attending the 
Monthly Meeting, no doubt, took advantage. It also shows 
that the Friends who had settled on the west side of the river 
had not as yet organized their meetings, and were not yet in a 
position to assume the business relations necessary to a proper 
intercourse with kindred associations. In fa6l, the yearly meet- 
ings were, for several years, alternately held at Burlington and 
Philadelphia, which included all the meetings in New Jersey 
and Pennsylvania. 

The history above referred to also contains a copy of the first 
epistle of Friends at Burlington to the Yearly Meeting of Lon- 
don, written in 1680, and signed by the most prominent Quakers 
then resident in the province. It alludes to their present pros- 
perous and hopeful condition, shows their attachment to the 
dodlrines which they had espoused, and the zeal with which 
they adhered to their religious belief. To such as are interested 
in the early history of this religious denomination, the work 
above quoted is especially attractive, the author having had 
access to much of the correspondence of the first emigrants, 
and free use of the books of records of Friends in England, 



THOMAS GARDINER. 355 

and in America, from which he has collated a reliable and inter- 
esting history of Friends in America. 

Among the records of the Salem Friends' Meeting are several 
entries in regard to William Bradford, the first printer in West 
New Jersey, which may prove interesting in this connexion. 
At the Yearly Meeting held at Burlington in 1690, several 
Friends agreed to raise a sum of money, if he would continue 
his press there, and publish Friends' books as heretofore. Each 
particular meeting belonging to that Yearly Meeting was solicited 
to assist in raising money, and the request was responded to 
accordingly. This shows how well the new comers understood 
the free circulation of the dodlrines and opinions held by them, 
in the shape of printed pamphlets; and, as William Bradford 
was the only artisan of that kind in these parts at that time, 
it was necessary to hold out certain pecuniary advantages to 
have him remain. In England, this policy had been pursued 
with much advantage, and there was no reason why an equal 
benefit should not be derived here. As showing who was the 
first printer in West New Jersey, his name and residence, this 
particular record has much interest and is worth preservation. 

The first meetings of Friends in Burlington were held in a 
tent made of the sails taken from the vessels in which they 
crossed the ocean ; in it they assembled for the first year after 
their arrival, and until Thomas Gardiner's house was finished: 
thus proving that they allowed no difficulties or hindrances to 
prevent them from discharging their duty, as sincere and consis- 
tent Christians. In all the doings of this little colony, both 
religious and political, Thomas Gardiner took an adlive and 
prominent part, and appears to have commanded the confidence 
and respe6l of the community around him. He was a tailor, 
and the chances are that he had the whole business to himself, 
free from competition and with no one to differ with him 
about the fashions, as, with singular tenacity, the society of 
Friends, for nearly two hundred years, has adhered to the same 
form of dress. 

He was a member of the first provincial legislature of West 
New Jersey, that sat at Burlington in 1682 ; was one of the first 
commissioners for dividing and regulating land ; and was one 



356 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

of the committee of ways and means, who represented the 
London tenth, to provide money to defray the expenses of the 
government, appointed at that sitting of the assembly/ At the 
same time, he was appointed one of the judges of the courts of 
Burlington county. As such he served the people acceptably 
for several years. ^ The next year he was appointed one of the 
governor's council, and made one of the treasurers of the prov- 
ince. Some of these appointments were continued through 
several years, and until refused. This shows in what estimation 
he was held by the people of his county and province.' He 
deceased in 1694, leaving a widow and several children,* namely: 
John, who deceased the same year as his father, unmarried;* 
Mathew, who settled at Raritan previous to 1716, but died with- 
out children;® Esther, who married John Wills; and Thomas, 
who married Hannah Mathews.' 

Without any certain data to prove it, the probability is that 
Thomas Gardiner was a brother to Peter Gardiner, a public 
Friend, who resided near Castle Hedingham, in Essex, England. 
Peter Gardiner was an a6live man in the ministry during the per- 
secutions of Friends in England, and suffered in person and 
estate, as did the most of those who dared to preach and 
pra6lise the do<Slrines of George Fox and Robert Barclay in 
those times. Upon his return from a gospel mission to Scot- 
land, he was taken ill of small-pox at Carlisle, in Cumberland, 
and there died in 1695. Although Thomas Gardiner was the 
first of the name that came to New Jersey, yet he was not the 
first in America. 

In 1658, there resided at Newport, Rhode Island, a woman 
named Hored Gardiner, who left her family of several children 
to go on a religious visit to Weymouth, in the province of Mas- 
sachusetts, distant some sixty miles, mostly through the wilder- 
ness. She carried with her an infant, and was accompanied by 
a small white girl only. At that time Governor Endicott was 
much embittered against the Quakers, who deemed it proper 
to make religious visits among the colonists, and whom he pun- 
ished severely for so doing. Upon this female's arrival at 



1 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 5 Lib. 2, 717. 

2 Learning & Spicer's Laws. 6 Burlington Files of Wills. 

3 Lib. BBB, 82. 7 Basse's Book, 164, 280. 

4 Smith's History of New Jersey. 



THOMAS GARDINER. 357 

Weymouth, she was arrested and taken before the Governor, 
who used abusive language to her, and ordered that she and her 
young attendant should receive ten lashes each upon their naked 
bodies. This punishment was infli6ted upon the woman while 
she held her infant, which was only prote6led from the lash 
by the arms of the mother. As repulsive as this kind of pun- 
ishment was to the more conservative class of citizens, yet the 
authorities indulged their malice and bigotry in many instances 
toward the people, and continued so to do until at last 
restrained by the home government, before which many com- 
plaints were laid by those of like persuasion in England. 
Imprisonment in loathsome and filthy dungeons, dragging at 
the cart's tail, and sitting in the pillory, were some of the 
infli6lions visited upon the Quakers in New England in the 
first colonizing of that part of America. 

In examining and reviewing the a6lions of the first English 
settlers in West Jersey, it is often inquired why they passed so far 
up the river in sele6ling a site for a town, leaving behind them 
so many suitable places, where greater depth of water could have 
been had, and the settlement would have been many miles nearer 
the sea. The Swedish settlements did not extend far above 
the mouth of Raccoon creek, with the exception of a small 
number of colonists at Woodbury creek ; and the next point 
at which they found any inhabitants besides the natives, was 
where a few Hollanders had settled, and where one kept a 
tavern for the accommodation of travelers, on the river's 
shore above the mouth of the Assiscunk creek, and near where 
these adventurers seledled their site for "Bridlington." The 
records of Upland Court as held at Chester, Pa., at the date 
heretofore given, will prove conclusively that such a tavern 
was there kept ; at which place a ferry was also maintained 
for the use of the few persons passing from New York to Vir- 
ginia by the way of land, it being the only place below the 
falls where persons could cross with horses in going from the 
one point to the other. The record runs as follows : 



358 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

" Peter Yegou, Plaintiff, It xi- c ^ 

' ' In an action of trespass 

I upon the case. 
Thomas Wright and 

Godfrey Hancock, Def'ts. ] ^ "^°' ^^' ^ '^' 

"The plaintiff declares that in ye year 1668 he obtained a 
permit and grant of Governor Philip Carteret to take up ye land 
called Leasy Point, lying and being over against Mattinagcom 
Island, now Burlington, to settle himself there and to build and 
keep a house of entertainment for the accommodation of 
travelers, all which ye plaintiff accordingly hath done and 
moreover hath purchased of Cornells Jorissen, Jurirus Macelis 
and Jan Clarssen, each their houses and land at Leasy Point 
aforesaid, which was given them by the Dutch Governor in the 
year 1666, for all which Governor Carteret promised your 
plaintiff a patent, all which said houses and lands ye plaintiff 
had in lawful possession until the year 1670, at which tyme 
your plaintiff was plundered by the Indians, and by them utterly 
ruined, as is well known to all the world, so that your plaintiff 
then for a time was forced to leave his land and possessions afore- 
said and to seek his livelihood and to repair his loss in other places 
and to leave his land as aforesaid with intention to return when 
occasion should present. But so it is, may it please your wor- 
ships, that with the arrival of these new comers called Quakers 
out of England, these defendants, Thomas Wright and Godfrey 
Hancock, have violently entered upon your plaintiff's said land 
and there have by force planted corn, cut timber for houses, 
mowed hay and made fences. Notwithstanding they were fore- 
warned by your plaintiff's friend, Henry Jacobs, in your plain- 
tiff's behalf in the presence of Capt. Edmund Cantwell and 
afterwards by your plaintiff summoned before your magistrates 
at Burlington, who making no end of it, the case was with said 
magistrates' and these defendants' consents removed by him 
before your worships. Wherefore your plaintiff craves your 
worships to order the defendants and all others not to molest ye 
plaintiff in the quiet possession of the said land, &c. 

"The defendants in court declared themselves to be very will- 
ing to stand ye verdi<Sl and judgment of this court. Whereupon 
the court (having heard the debates of both parties, and examined 



THOMAS GARDINER. 359 

all the papers) are of opinion that since Mr. Peter Yegou had 
Governor Carteret's grant, and was in quiet possession of ye 
land before the said land was sold by John Lord Berkley unto 
Edward Byllinge, and that he, ye said Peter Yegou, hath also 
bought the land and payed ye Indians for ye same, — that there- 
fore Mr. Peter Yegou ought peaceably and quietly, to enjoy 
ye same land and appurtenances according to grant and pur- 
chase."* 

The Legislature of the province in 1683 ^''''^.de restitution to 
Thomas Wright on account of the difficulty which he had thus 
fallen into, by giving him one hundred acres of land in another 
place, to be surveyed according to the rules. In 1697, another 
aft was passed in relation to this piece of land, to confirm the 
title to John Joosten and John Hamel, who held, after several 
conveyances, under Peter Yegou ; this settled the possession 
and estate of said land, so that, after eighteen years of litiga- 
tion, the purchaser could hold it in peace. It is easy to dis- 
cover by this how the name of Yegou, or Cheygou, attached to 
the island, which is really that part of the fast land surrounded 
by the creek where the city of Burlington now stands, the name 
being of Dutch origin, and not that of an Indian chief, as 
generally considered. The truth of history often destroys the 
romance and beauty that surround an obje6l, yet a faithful 
adherence to fa6ls ought not to be disregarded. 

George Fox, in traveling from Middletown harbor to New 
Castle, lodged at this place in 1672, and at this point he crossed 
the river. He says it had been deserted from fear of the 
Indians. This statement is confirmed by the before-copied 
record, and also explains why the first emigrants sailed so far 
up the river, before they landed ; for, at this place, the only 
inhabitants above Raccoon creek were found. 

An extra6l from his journal may not prove uninteresting upon 
this point ; it will show how well the history of this place is cor- 
roborated. "Next day we traveled fifty miles as we computed, 
and, at night, finding an old house which the Indians had 
forced the people to leave, we made a fire and lay there at 
the head of Delaware Bay. The next day we swam our horses 



8 Publications of the Historical Society of Penna. 



360 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

over the river, about a mile, twice, first to an island called 
Upper Dinidock and then to the main land, having hired 
Indiana to help us over in their canoes." 

During the first ten years that elapsed between the marriage 
of Thomas Gardiner, Jr., and the death of his father, he resided 
on part of the estate owned by his wife at Woodbury creek, 
where also her brother lived on part of the same property. At 
that time he was one of the trustees of the Friends' Meeting 
at that place, and participated somewhat in the political affairs 
of the province. He was a pra6lical surveyor, and a6led as 
one of the judges of the court of Gloucester county, when 
they were held at Red Bank.^ After the death of his father, 
he removed to Burlington, and, in a short time, was appointed 
surveyor-general of the western division of New Jersey, by the 
council of proprietors, which office he appears to have filled 
with satisfadlion for several years. ^° The duties of this position 
at this time were onerous and responsible ; he was required to 
review all the maps and locations of land made by the several 
deputy surveyors, to examine the calculations as to the quantity 
of acres named, to test the several bearings as marked upon the 
maps, and to certify to the council that they were corre6l in all 
these particulars. If any disputes occurred among the claimants 
(which often happened), he became the executive officer, and 
went upon the land, so that he could report where the real 
difficulty existed. During the term of his office, which extended 
from 1 701 to 1 71 7, (in which last year he died,) there was 
much trouble among the proprietors in the taking up of land 
where the Indian title had not been extinguished." In this 
particular, the council was careful to prevent surveys from 
passing this board beyond the bounds of any "purchase" 
already consummated with this simple-minded people. It may 
not be uninteresting to copy here an advertisement published 
by the council touching one of these purchases; it shows the 
manner in which the assessments were made, so that from such 
funds all the contradls should be faithfully carried out. 



Learning & Spicer's Laws. 
10 Basse's Book 
ji Minutes of the Council of Proprietors, O. S. G. 



THOMAS GARDINER. 361 

ADVERTISEMENT. 

"These are to give notice to the proprietors of the Western 
Division of New Jersey, that, the Council chosen to negotiate 
the affairs of the said division having resolved to proceed to a 
fourth dividend, in order thereunto, have treated with the 
Indians and bargained with them for a very large quantity 
of land for which divers payments are to be made them in 
a short time. All persons that have rights to take up on a 
fourth dividend, or any part or parts of their first, second 
or third dividend are desired to meet the council of proprie- 
tors on the 20th day of 06lober next, at Burlington, to enter 
the quantities which they have a right to, as also to provide, 
as speedy as may be, their proportion of the purchase money, 
which will amount by computation to six shillings of the cur- 
rency of New York per hundred ; for the colle6lion of which 
money with the least loss of time that may be (and converting 
it into goods to be paid to the natives), Peter Fretwell at 
Burlington, Richard Bull at Gloucester and John Budd at 
Philadelphia, are appointed to receive the same, and the 
agents of such proprietors as are abroad, are desired to take 
notice hereof that due care may be taken of their constituents' 
interests. — May, 1717."^^ 

This paper explains the manner in which the title of the 
natives to the soil was extinguished, and proves that the council 
of proprietors would not consent to the occupation of their 
lands until a contra6l had been made and carried out. Many 
of these "Indian" deeds are still in existence; some among 
the owners of the estate conveyed, and many on file in the 
office of the secretary of state at Trenton, with all sorts of 
hieroglyphics attached as the signatures of the grantors, which 
are quite as unexplainable as the names which they stand to 
represent. Under these grants no attempt was made by the 
settlers to interfere with the privileges of the Indians, or to 
remove them from their places of abode; and, only as they 
deceased, and from time to time abandoned their towns, were 
these places occupied by the whites. Through West Jersey 
there are still many places remembered as Indian settlements, 



13 Minute Book of the Council of Proprietors, O. S. G. 



362 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

and some of their burial grounds are known ; but the gradual 
falling off in numbers, and the colle6ting of families into the 
more thickly settled neighborhoods, which ended at Shamong, 
or Brotherton, in Burlington county, gave the purchasers, under 
the rules of the proprietors, full and complete possession, with- 
out any dispute or difficulty : thus were avoided the bloodshed 
and murders that attended the advance of civilization in the 
Western States at a subsequent period. 

With the framing of these titles fixing the boundaries of 
the se6lions of land to be conveyed, the surveyor-general 
had much to do. It was afterward his duty to watch the 
progress of the locations, and see that they were kept within 
the limits of the purchase. During the term of Thomas Gard- 
iner, the greatest of these troubles existed ; and, having to 
contend with avarice and unjust dealing in opposition to what 
was his sworn and palpable duty towards those whom he repre- 
sented, he was often the subje6l of complaint to the council, and 
of misrepresentation and abuse among the people. Under his 
administration, new and more rigid rules were established in 
defining the boundaries of locations, making them plainer and 
more definite ; and thus much contention and trouble were 
avoided in the future. In one instance, he found it necessary 
to prevent his deputies from making locations in the new Indian 
purchase until some existing dispute should be arranged ; 
again, in making surveys, he ordered that they should be laid 
adjoining each other, and as near as possible in parallel lines. 
These, with other like regulations, were necessary and useful, 
and showed him to be a man that understood and looked after 
the interests of those whom he represented." In 1710, Thomas 
Gardiner sold part of his real estate at Woodbury creek to James 
Whitall, and subsequently disposed of all the land owned by his 
wife at that place." He died, seized of considerable landed 
property about Burlington, some of which he previously con- 
veyed in trust for the use of his children.'^ His family consisted 
of two sons, Thomas and Matthew, and of two daughters, — 



13 Lib. A, 194. 

14 Lib. E, 418. 

15 Lib. GH, 51, 53. 



THOMAS GARDINER. 363 

Elizabeth, who married Abraham Bickley, and Hannah, who 
married Isaac Pearson. ^"^"^'''^ 

Abraham Bickley was a distiller; he lived in Philadelphia, 
and died about 1747. Ten years before his death, he located 
a tra6l of land in Gloucester county, N. J., generally known 
as the Blue Anchor tra6l ; whereon was the tavern that bore 
the same name, so long and favorably known by the traveling 
public in this section of the State. The old house stood upon 
the Indian trail that went from the coast to the Delaware river, 
and at about an equal distance from each. This location made 
it, for more than, a century, a place of rest for persons crossing 
this part of the State. The building of the Camden and Atlantic 
railroad has destroyed its usefulness, and the next generation 
will have no remembrance of it. 

Isaac Pearson was a silversmith, and resided in the city of 
Burlington, where some of his descendants still remain. The 
male branch of the Gardiners being limited, the name is not 
very extensive in West New Jersey, although the collateral 
conne6tion is numerous. 



16 Lib. BBB, 195, 318 17 Lib. Ba, 717. 18 Lib. BB, 318. 



JOHN CHAMPION. 



As early as in the year 1673, John Champion and Thomas 
Champion and their families were residents of the town 
of Hempstead, on Long Island, in the State of New York. 
Ten years after that date, the constable and overseers of the 
said town made a valuation of the estates of the inhabitants ; 
but, for some reason, John Champion was not included in the 
list. His name, however, appears among those who were in 
default, and had negle6led or refused to give the officers the 
proper information. That paper was attached to the first, and 
is headed as follows : 

"These under-written are ye remainder of ye inhabitants 
of ye said towne, which, having not brought in their valuation, 
are guest att by ye Constable and Overseers of ye towne afore- 
said.'' 

In this the name of John Champion is seen, and his estate 
is "guest" to be worth one hundred pounds, sterling. The 
family was probably English, and was among the first that 
occupied that part of Long Island, where the hardy pioneers 
soon made themselves comfortable homes. As soon as John 
Fenwick had effedled a landing at Salem, in 1678, and the 
Yorkshire and London Friends had fixed upon Burlington as 
the place for a town, the settlers about Long Island estab- 
lished dire6l and frequent intercourse with them, which lasted 
for many years thereafter. 



366 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Matthew Champion, who lived in Burlington about the year 
1690, and purchased land of John Tomlinson, at Onanickon, 
in Springfield, the next year, does not appear to have been of 
this immediate family. Neither is conne6led with it the family 
of the same name which emigrated to Tuckahoe, in Cape May 
county — a family which was among the first settlers in that 
sedlion, and which has now become numerous along the sea 
shore of this State. 

On May 13, 1700, Henry Franklin conveyed to John Cham- 
pion, of Hempstead, Queen's county. Long Island, a tra6l of 
land lying on the north side of Cooper's creek, in Waterford, 
(now Delaware) township, Camden county, New Jersey, to which 
place the said John removed.^ This tradl contained three 
hundred and thirty acres of land ; it was the same as that 
which Henry Franklin had purchased of Mordecai Howell 
three years before, and which in that deed is described 
as being situated at "Livewell.'"^ Henry Franklin was a 
bricklayer. He resided at Long Island at that time, but 
perhaps never removed to this purchase. Part of this estate 
is what has, for many years, been known as the "Barton" farm, 
and thereon stood the residence of John Champion. This was 
near where one of the roads crossed Cooper's creek in going 
from Burlington to Philadelphia, and where travelers had much 
trouble in crossing the stream. It is recorded in one of the 
minute books of Old Gloucester, that "John Champion makes 
great complaint of his great charge in setting people over 
Cooper's creek at his house; whereon ye Grand Jury propose 
that in case ye said John Champion will find sufficient conve- 
nience to put people over at all seasons, the said Champion may 
take for ferriage as follows : For two persons together, two pence 
per head; for one single person, three pence, and for a man and 
horse, five pence. To which ye bench assents." 

In connexion with this, Isaac Mickle says: "It will be 
observed that no mention is made in any of these regulations 
of carriages. Such refinements were not introduced generally, 
even in Philadelphia, until the Revolution. In West Jersey, 
most journeys were performed on horse-back, and the marriage 



I Lib. G3, 465- 
3 Lib. C, 122. 



JOHN CHAMPION. 367 

portion of the daughters of the most wealthy men consisted 
of a cow and a side-saddle."* Funerals were frequently attended 
in boats, and the bodies of the deceased taken from Cooper's 
creek to the old Newton graveyard by water. 

The coming of John Champion from Long Island to New 
Jersey may be accounted for by the marriage of his daughter 
Elizabeth to John Wright, a son of Richard Wright, who had 
purchased land of Thomas Howell, on Cooper's creek and 
settled there.* The minutes of the Gloucester county courts 
of 1687, show a dispute between Richard Wright and Thomas 
Howell about the conveyance of this land.^ The verdidl of the 
jury was in favor of Wright, and Howell was required to carry 
out his contra6l. In 1691 and in 1693, the son John increased 
his possession by purchases of adjoining tracts from Thomas 
Howell's heirs, which lands lay near to those of his father-in- 
law. This marri6,ge is additional proof of the intercourse 
existing between the se6tions named, and shows that families 
removing from one place found easy means to preserve their 
intimacies with friends living at the other. 

The application of John Champion for a ferry license is 
evidence that he came hither soon after his first purchase ; and 
here he resided during the remainder of his life. Living, as he 
did, near a navigable stream, his intercourse with the city of 
Philadelphia was frequent, and he knew it long before sufficient 
of the timber had been removed to show even the diredlion of 
the streets. The bank fronting the river Delaware, being filled 
with caves and rude huts, where the citizens lived and where 
stood much of the primitive forest, must have presented a 
strange appearance in approaching it from New Jersey. Oppo- 
site the mouth of Cooper's creek was the most populous part of 
the town ; and perhaps he did not live to see it enlarged beyond 
the limits of Shackomaxon. The many troubles through which 
William Penn had passed, and the difficulties which he had in 
regard to the sale and settlement of his lands in Pennsylvania, 
were a hinderance to the enlargement of the city, and prevented 
the rapid settlement that he had anticipated. 

3 Mickle's Reminiscences of Old Gloucester, 42. 

4 Lib. G, 14. Lib. G2, 114. 

5 Lib. G3, 5. 



368 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

In the year 1718, John Champion divided his landed estate 
between his sons Robert and Nathaniel, by a line running from 
the creek "into the woods," and made each a deed bearing the 
same date (April 24).^ His other children were Thomas and 
Phoebe. He died in 1727, leaving a will, and, by that, disposing 
of the remainder of his estate. The son Robert was made 
executor. He had removed to the city of Philadelphia, where 
he deceased soon after his father, and before the will was offered 
for probate.' The second son Nathaniel proved the writing, 
and as administrator settled the estate.® 

On September 13th, 1720, Robert Champion sold his part of 
the real estate given to him by his father, to Tobias Halloway, 
but the latter re-conveyed the same to him on the 24th day of 
July, 1723.' At the date of the deed (1720), Robert lived on 
the property at Cooper's creek, and, as no female joined with 
him in the conveyance, he was probably unmarried at that time. 
Like a large majority of the settlers hereabout, he could not 
write his name ; which inability was also the case with his 
father. He afterwards married, and had one child, — a son, 
Peter, who, in the year 1740, married Hannah Thackara, 
a daughter of Benjamin. She deceased, and, in 1746, he 
married Ann, a daughter of Simeon Ellis (the son of Simeon). 
By the last marriage there was one child, Joseph. Peter 
Champion deceased in 1748, and his widow, Ann, became 
the administratrix to the estate, he leaving no will.'" 

A short time before his death, he conveyed a piece of meadow 
land to John Shivers, being part of the homestead. He was 
therefore the owner thereof after his father's demise. In 
1 75 1, Ann, the widow, married John Stokes, and, after his 
demise, she married Samuel Murrell, 1761." By each marriage 
she had children, thus rendering it difficult to trace the descend- 
ants of Ann Ellis, and to know the paternal line. Joseph 
Champion, the issue of the second marriage of Peter, married 
Rachel Collins, a daughter of Samuel and Rosanna (Stokes). 
Samuel was a blacksmith and plied his calling at Colestown, 
then in Waterford township. This Samuel Collins was a son 



6 Lib. A, 165—166. 9 Lib. A, 236. 

7 Lib. No. 2, 437. 10 Lib. No. 6, 76. 

8 Lib. No. 2, 441. II Lib. AH, 385. 



JOHN CHAMPION. 369 

of Samuel and Abigail (Ward), who was the youngest son of 
Francis and Mary, the last wife of Francis, the widow of John 
Goslin, M. D. and daughter of Thomas Budd. Ann Ellis 
inherited, through the blood of her ancestors, a tradl of land 
in Delaware township, lying on both sides of the Haddonfield 
and Moorestown road, now mostly owned by William M. Cooper 
and the heirs of Batheuel Heulings, deceased. 

In 1723, Nathaniel Champion sold his lands on Cooper's 
creek to James Parrock, who, soon after the death of Nathaniel, 
conveyed the same to Mary, his widow, she remaining the owner 
thereof during her life and devising it to John Barton by her 
^jj|_i2-i3 Nathaniel died in 1748, leaving the following children: 

Nathaniel, who married ; Benjamin, who married 

Ann Hewitt ; Thomas, who married Deborah Clark, daughter 
of William; Elizabeth, who married John Barton; and Sarah." 

The widow of Nathaniel remained on the estate for many 

years after her husband's decease. Her will bears date , 

1772. In this paper she names her children and several of her 
grandchildren. She gave the farm on Cooper's creek, "where 
she then dwelt," to her son-in-law before named. 

Thomas, the son of Nathaniel, was a tailor, and resided in 
Haddonfield, where some of his descendants were known to 
the older inhabitants now living. He probably owned the 
lot whereon stood the mansion built by Matthias Aspden, 
now the property of the heirs of Benjamin W. Blackwood, 
M. D., deceased. This house was one of the largest in the 
village, and, when eredled, was more commodious and expen- 
sive than most of those around it. Upon the death of Samuel, 
the son of Thomas, it passed out of the name ; and that 
branch of the family removed from the village. 

John Wright, husband of the daughter Elizabeth, made his 
home on part of the Howell estate before John Champion 
purchased his land. In the grant to him by Mordecai Howell 
in 1693, Howell reserved the right to overflow the meadow and 
use the water in the stream for his corn-mill, which he built 
about that time. In 1702, he purchased two hundred and eight 



12 Lib. A, 166. 13 Lib. GG, 356. 
14 Lib. No. 5, 524. 

24 



370 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

acres of Martin Jarvis, in Newton township.'" This tra6l lay 
near the mouth of Newton creek, and extended up that stream 
to Fork branch, and also up that on the north side for a consid- 
erable distance. It now includes several valuable farms in that 
part of the old township of Newton.^" The estate on Cooper's 
creek passed out of the name and blood many years since, even 
beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant in that se6lion. 
Only such as have occasion to examine the ancient deeds or 
records relating to the land here spoken of, will know that such 
owners ever there resided ; and, unless some defe6l in the title 
should appear in passing through the heirs of Richard Wright 
and of his son John, no inquiry may ever be started in regard 
to their genealogy. 

Richard Wright died in a few years after his coming hither, 
leaving a widow named Constance, and three children, John, 
Sarah and Hannah." It is remarkable that so few of the name 
of Champion are now living in the neighborhood of the old 
estate ; and a few more decades may remove it entirely. 

The mutation of families is an interesting and instrudlive 
study, deserving labor and attention. Some go on increas- 
ing for generations, while others fall away and altogether 
disappear. While one family may be found for a century 
where the first settlers placed it, another has been scattered, 
and the old homestead forgotten. Where one family adheres 
to the land of its forefathers with an admirable tenacity, 
another has no regard for ancient things, and parts with 
them without a regret. The laws regulating the descent of 
lands in New Jersey makes it of importance that a correal 
knowledge in this regard should be had; but, in the absence 
of legislative a6lion, it must always be surrounded with trouble 
and doubt. 



15 Basse's Book, 38. 

16 Lib. A, lit. 

17 Lib, G2, 177. 



JOHN EASTLACK. 



AMONG the Friends who settled in the island of Bermuda, 
some of whom were banished by the British authorities, 
while others followed to be near their families, was one Francis 
Eastlack, or Eastlake, as sometimes spelled, who appears to have 
been a prominent man in that place. He was persecuted in like 
manner by the rulers of the island for the course which he pur- 
sued in religious matters, and was frequently imprisoned and 
sometimes beaten and put in the stocks. In 1660, he was taken 
from a religious meeting and tied, hand and foot, so that he 
could not move; in 1666, he was beaten and fined, and, in 
other ways, maltreated in person, and despoiled of his goods. 
He was a public Friend, and proclaimed his views and do6lrines 
among the people. This made him obnoxious to those in power, 
and the obje6t of dislike to such as differed with him in opinion. 
During his stay at that island he fell into a religious controversy 
with one Sampson Bond, a leading man in some other persua- 
sion. This ended in the printing of a book on each side, some 
few copies of which have been preserved by the curiosity-hun- 
ters in the literary line, and may be found hidden away in the 
libraries of such, being shown as typographical wonders though 
but seldom read . These books made their appearance in the 
year 1683, and, like all such, were only of interest to those who 
knew the parties and resided in that particular locality. 

The early Quakers were prolific in the produ6lion of pamph- 
lets and books in defence of their do6lrines and mode of 
worship; these led to replies from their opponents, and, conse- 



372 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

quently, added much to the printed matter of those times, and 
now give a very fair reflex of the controverted points, as well 
as of the manner of maintaining and rebutting them. The 
book of which Francis Eastlack was the author bears the title 
of " The truth in Christ Jesus with the Professors thereof in the 
Island of Bermuda, (Commonly called Quakers,) cleared from 
the three ungodly false charges. Charged upon them by Samp- 
son Bond (teacher in said Island); in a Book entitled 'The 
Quakers in Bermudas tryed,' &c., by a Friend and Lover of the 
Truth in the same Island, called Francis Eastlacke." 

This was printed in London in 1683 and no doubt had con- 
siderable circulation in the island, as well as among Friends in 
London and thereabout. Much pains has been taken of late 
years to colle6l and preserve all such publications ; which has 
brought to light many that had been lost sight of and, in the 
lapse of years, entirely forgotten. About the date last named, 
Francis Eastlack came to West Jersey and settled in Newton 
township; but the exa6l locality of his habitation cannot be 
discovered, as he does not appear to have been the owner of any 
real estate. He was probably advanced in years, and did not 
participate much in the religious or political matters of the 
colony. Those of his own religious persuasion doubtless 
sympathized with him in the trials and persecutions through 
which he had passed, to show the world his attachments to the 
do6lrines which he had espoused. So far as can be discovered, 
he had four children, namely: John, who married Sarah 
Thackara, daughter of Thomas ; Hepsibah, who married 
Thomas Thackara ; Jemima, who married William Sharp ; 
and Elizabeth, who married Joseph Mickle. Taking this as 
the starting point, and assuming it to be corre6l, the surname 
was confined to one person even in the second generation, and 
the family, as a whole, limited to but few persons. 

The first settlement of John Eastlack was, in all probability, 
upon fifty acres of land conveyed to him by his brother-in-law, 
Benjamin Thackara, in 1706, who thus carried out the inten- 
tions of the father of his wife, not consummated during his 
life.^ This adjoined another tra6l given to the daughter Han- 

I Lib. A, 107. 



JOHN EASTLACK. 373 

nah, the wife of John Whitall, who, with her husband, had also 
thereon eredled a dwelling. The exa6l locality of this fifty 
acres would be difficult to trace at this time, but it lies in the 
estate late of John C. DaCosta, deceased, near the head of the 
Fork creek, in old Newton township. The building was doubt- 
less a substantial log cabin, and, with the exception of a few 
cleared acres for farming purposes, surrounded by the primitive 
forest. The creek, at that time open to the flow of the tide, 
provided a means of travel, and a source whence food also could 
be procured ; thus removing all anxiety from the minds of these 
adventurers in regard to a full supply for the inner man. 

Among the many inducements held out by these pioneers to 
their friends still in the old country, none were made 'more 
prominent than the abundant supply of food always at hand 
in the rivers and forest ; and the fa6l that the danger of 
starvation- could not by any possibility surround them. From 
Gabriel Thomas to the last correspondent on record, this 
assurance is faithfully held out and was always found good by 
such as chose to test it. 

Thomas Sharp shows on his map of the lands in Newton town- 
ship, made in 1 700, one hundred acres owned by John Easly, 
being part of Thomas Matthew's survey, afterwards owned by 
John Haddon, — at this writing held by the heirs of James Stoy, 
deceased. This title is so obscured by various conveyances and 
the tautology of English deeds, that no intelligent explanation 
can be arrived at ; and whether John Easly ( Eastlack ) had an 
indefeasible estate therein, and disposed of it by the regular 
channel, is yet to be discovered. 

John Eastlack was a man of some estate, and dealt in land, 
even in those early times. '^ In 1 716, he purchased a plantation 
of one hundred and seventy-five acres, of Benjamin Richards, 
situated on the north branch of Timber creek, and three years 
after sold the same to Thomas Smallwood. This probably lay 
west of Chew's Landing, and parts of it may yet be in the 
name of the last named grantee. In 1718, he purchased a 
lot of meadow land of John Wright, in Newton township on 

2 Lib. A, 109, 118. 



374 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Fork creek, near to or adjoining the fifty acres before named. 
This much enlarged his boundaries thereabout.^ 

The old documents say that John was a weaver, a worker in 
wool ; which calling occupied his long winter evenings in a 
useful and commendable manner. Buckskin breeches, with 
coat and vest to match, supplied in a great measure the 
demand for cloth ; and our worthy ancestors could often have 
been seen in the gallery of the meeting house, or in the halls of 
legislation, clad in this array, making a very presentable appear- 
ance. Buttons for vests, and buckles for the knees of breeches, 
were, for several generations, considered an heir-loom : and the 
son who found himself the possessor thereof was always marked 
as the favorite of the paternal head of the family. John Whitall, 
the brother-in-law of John Eastlack, died in 1718, having, by 
his will, diredled his land to be sold. John Eastlack was the 
executor, and with the widow made a deed for said lands to 
Isaac Willowby in 1724. Isaac Willowby re-conveyed the 
same to John Eastlack the same year. These were sixty acres 
given by Thomas Thackara to John Whitall in 1696 upon his 
marriage ; they adjoined John Eastlack' s fifty acres. These 
two tradls passed to the second John by will, who re-surveyed 
said lands in 1760.* As before hinted, these tra6ls lie in the 
estate late of John C. DaCosta, deceased. 

In 1729, John Eastlack purchased another property in 
Newton township, fronting on Cooper's creek, of which James 
Whitall died the owner. He conveyed the same to John 
Estaugh in 1735.^ By the will of John Estaugh, all his landed 
estate passed to his wife, who deeded the said farm to her 
nephew, Ebenezer Hopkins, in 1747.® John Eastlack bought 
and sold much other land in Gloucester county, showing himself 
to have been a business man with an eye to thrift and care taking. 
He died in 1736, leaving a will by which, after a few legacies, he 
gave the remainder of his estate to his sons, John and Samuel.' 
He was a resident of Newton township, but of what part does 
not appear. An inventory of his personal effedls discloses their 
value to be two hundred and sixty-three pounds. His children 



3 Lib. A, 110. 6 Lib. S6, 124, O. S. G. 

4 Lib. H, 4S4, O. S. G. 7 Lib. No. s, 131. 

5 Lib. GG, og. 



JOHN EASTLACK. 375 

were Sarah, who married James Mickle; Samuel, who married 
Ann Breach; John, who married Mary Bolton and Patience 
Hugg; Daniel, who married Mary Cheesman; Esther, Eliza- 
beth and Hannah. Samuel died intestate in 1744; Elizabeth 
remained a single woman and deceased in 1757, also without 
a will.^'^ 

James Mickle, the husband of Sarah, deceased in 1736, about 
four years after his marriage, leaving a will/" His wife survived 
him with two children, Rachel and Jacob. 

The husband of Jemima was probably a grandson of Thomas 
Sharp, the surveyor, and one of the first emigrants to Newton. 
Of the descendants of this daughter nothing can be at this date 
discovered. 

Daniel Eastlack settled in Greenwich township now Glou- 
cester county, and is the ancestor of the family in that region 
of country. John Eastlack settled in Newton township on the 
land by him re-surveyed; part of which came to him in a diredl 
line from his maternal ancestor, Sarah Thackara, and part from 
Hannah Whitall, the widow of John. He also purchased a tra6l 
of land in Newton township of Gabriel Newbie, in 1742. His 
two sons, John and Samuel, were also grantees with him in the 
title as joint tenants, and the son John, being the survivor, 
conveyed the whole to Joseph Mickle in 1752. He became the 
owner of much other real estate in Gloucester county, some by 
the v.nll of his father, and some by purchase. None of these 
acres, now so valuable, have been in the name or family for 
many years, and, but for the time-stained deeds that carry the 
title from one purchaser to another, the name would long since 
have been forgotten. The little increase in the male line will 
account for the small number of the name now left, and the 
blood must in a few years be sought for among the female 
descendants. 



8 Lib. No. 5, 86. 9 Lib. No. 8, 
10 Lib. No. 4, (^.5. 



437- 



THE LIPPINCOTTS. 



(CONTRIBI'TED BY JaMES S. LiPPINCOTT OF HaDDONFIELD, NeW JeRSEY.) 



Sons of the Quaker sires. 

And daughters of a noble race of old, 
List ! while a love of olden time inspires 

The simple story in these pages told ! 
Here shall ye find the faith that must prevail, 

Mighty, through God, o'er every evil thing ; 
The faith that scorned the scaffold and the jail 

Could, e'en in dungeons, hallelujahs sing. 
A love of liberty their souls possessed ; 

Nor sought they freedom for themselves alone ; 
The truth they brought, their hearts had truly blessed ; 

And broad and deep their charity had grown. 
No servile sycophants to worthless kings, 

No semi-Jewish ritualists, were they ; 
But Christ's true light was their illumining, 

And led their spirits by a better way. 
The native of the wilds, whose lands they bought. 

The swarthy Afric borne across the main — 
To those the law of love and truth they taught ; 

From these they struck the weight of slavery's chain. 
No fairer scene can history's page unfold. 

No more Arcadian age shall time display, 
Than Jersey annals in our "age of gold," 

Ere pure Astrsea took her heavenward way. 
Sons of the Quaker sires. 

And daughters of those worthy ones of old, 
Re-kindle, then, the pure and heavenly fires 

That warmed your fathers in our "age of gold!" 

THE name of Lippincott is one of the oldest English sur- 
names of local origin. It has been traced to Lovecote 
of the "Domesday book" of William the Conqueror, compiled 
in 1080. Lovecote still bears its ancient name. It is an estate 



378 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

lying near Highampton, Devonshire, England. The earliest 
known name derived from Lovecote is found in the rolls of the 
king's court of the time of king John, 1195, in which that 
of Roger de Lovecote is recorded. In the time of Edward I, 
1274, the names of Jordamus de Loginggetot and Robertus 
de Lyvenescot and Thomas de Lufkote appear in the Hundred 
Rolls. The manor of Luffincott, now the parish of that name, 
on the west border of Devonshire, twenty miles distant from 
Lovecote, comprising nearly 1,000 acres, was the property of 
Robert de Lughencot in 1243, and remained in the family until 
1 41 5. This property is also described as having pertained to 
Robert de Lyvenscot in 1346. The above mentioned names, 
and many more which we could recite in a modified spelling, 
are evidently the same upon which the early scribes tried their 
skill and tested the plasticity of the English language. 

Another branch of the family resided at Webworthy, pro- 
nounced "Wibbery," in northwestern Devon, where they held 
extensive estates for three hundred and fifty years. Their name 
was spelled Luppingcott and Luppincott. The last of the line, 
Henry Luppincott, resided at Barcelona, Spain, and died in 
1779. A branch of this family removed to Sidbury in East 
Devon, about the middle of the sixteenth century, from which 
descended Henry Lippincott, a distinguished merchant of 
Bristol, who was made a baronet in 1778 by George HI; also 
his son Sir Henry Cann Lippincott, baronet, whose descendants, 
Robert Cann Lippincott and his sons, Robert C. Cann Lippin- 
cott and Henry Cann Lippincott, are probably the only living 
male representatives of this ancient branch of the family now 
residing in England. The residence of the last named is at 
Overcourt near Bristol. The Lippincotts of England held a 
good position in the world, as is shown by the numerous coats- 
of-arms granted to them. No less than eight coats appear to 
have been bestowed upon gentlemen of the name ; some of them 
probably as early as in 1420, when John Lippingcott of Wibbery 
is found bearing his, from which several others were derived by 
modification. One style, granted to one whose name was 
spelled Luffyngcotte, diverges widely from the others, and was 
probably granted at the time of the Crusades. "A black eagle. 



THE LIPPINCOTTS. 379 

sprinkled with drops of blood, and displayed upon a field of 
silver," is the description of this remarkable shield. 

Richard Lippincott, the ancestor of the family in America, 
emigrated from Devonshire, England. He was probably nearly 
connected with the branch settled near Sidbury, which early 
inclined towards Puritanism. He associated with the settlers of 
the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and was made a freeman by the 
court of BQston, May 13th, 1640. In 1641, Richard and his 
wife Abigail resided in Dorchester, near Boston, when their 
eldest son Rememberance was born and baptized in the seventh 
month of that year. They removed to Boston, where a son John 
was born in 1644; also a daughter Abigail, who died in infancy, 
in 1646. In 1 65 1, having become influenced by other Christian 
views, he withdrew from the Church and was excommunicated 
therefrom, fifth month 6th, 1651. Thus this conscientious 
man, having obtained a deeper insight into the nature of the 
gospel of Christ, was preparing to accept the views held by the 
Friends, though no books by the teachers of that se6l had yet 
been issued. In 1652, he returned to England, and in the next 
year his son, Restored, or Restore, was born at Plymouth. This 
name was, no doubt, bestowed in commemoration of his restor- 
ation to his native land and to the communion of more congenial 
spirits. With these he early associated, was a partaker with 
them in suffering for his faith, and was imprisoned in the jail 
near the castle of Exeter in February, 1655. His offence appears 
to have been his assertion, "that Christ was the word of God 
and the Scriptures a declaration of the mind of God." His 
home was now at Plymouth, where he was not a quiet spe6tator 
of the wrongs inflicted upon the Friends, for, in May, 1655, as 
stated in Sewell's history of the Quakers, he, with others, testi- 
fied against the a6ls of the mayor and the falsehood of the 
charges brought against them. In the same year a son, Free- 
dom, was born, doubtless, so named in commemoration of his 
release from "durance vile." A daughter, Increase, was added 
to his family while residing at Stonehouse, near Plymouth, in 
the tenth month, 1657; and a son Jacob in the year 1660, at 
the same place, who died in 1689. In the latter year, he was 
again imprisoned by the mayor of Plymouth for his faithfulness 



38o FIJiST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

to his religious convidlions, having been taken from a meeting 
in that city. His release was brought about by the solicitations 
of Margaret Fell and others, who influenced the newly restored 
king (Charles II.) to grant the liberation of many Friends. 
The colony of Rhode Island offering to the Friends freedom in 
the exercise of their mode of worship, Richard Lippincott 
again removed to New England, where he sojourned for a time. 
Having been preserved from persecution and the perils of the 
sea, he named his son Preserved, who was born here upon 
Christmas day, 1663, but who died in infancy. The names of 
the surviving children of Richard and Abigail form the words 
of a prayer, which needed only the addition of a son, Israel, to 
have been complete ; thus : Remember John, Restore Freedom, 
Increase Jacob and Preserve {Israel^ ! This arrangement Avas 
doubtless accidental, having never been premeditated by the 
parents, though inclined to ways in fashion among the Puritans 
at that day. 

A new charter having been granted by the king (Charles), 
incorporating the Rhode Island and Providence plantations, in 
1663, and the New Netherlands having come into possession of 
the English in 1664, and a patent having been granted to a 
company of Friends from Long Island in 1665, who first bought 
the land of the natives, — Richard Lippincott was induced, with 
others from Rhode Island, to become a patentee with the resi- 
dents on or near Shrewsbury river. He thus became a member 
of the first English colony in New Jersey, in which he was the 
largest shareholder. He was an a6live officer of the colony. 
In 1669, he was a deputy and overseer, and, in the next year, 
an overseer of Shrewsbury town. In 1670, the first meeting for 
worship was established by the Friends, which was visited by 
George Fox in 1672, who was entertained by Richard Lippin- 
cott. His residence was on Passequeneiqua creek, a branch of 
South Shrewsbury river, three-fourths of a mile northeast of the 
house of his son-in-law, Samuel Dennis, which stood three- 
fourths of a mile east of the town of Shrewsbury. 

It is probable that Richard Lippincott made another voyage 
to England, and was there in 1675, when John Fenwick was 
preparing to remove to West New Jersey ; and that he then 



THE LIPPINCOTTS. 381 

obtained a grant of 1,000 acres of land in Fenwick colony, 
having advanced the purchase money to aid that colonist. In 
1676, the title was conveyed, the consideration being twenty 
pounds with a royalty, or quit rent, of two bushels of wheat, 
annually. This tra6l of land Richard conveyed to his five 
sons in 1679, but it was never occupied by them. Having at 
length found a fixed place of residence, Richard Lippincott 
lived an a6live and useful life in the midst of a worthy family, 
in the possession of a sufficient estate, and happy in the enjoy- 
ment of religious and political freedom. Here he passed the 
last eighteen years of his life of varied experience, and here he 
died on the 25th of the ninth month (November, old style), 
1683. 

The Dutch proprietors of New Amsterdam had long been 
engaged in the slave trade, and, at the surrender in 1664, the 
colony contained many slaves ; some of whom were owned by 
the Friends. As early as in 1652, members of this society at 
Warwick, Rhode Island, passed a law requiring all slaves to be 
released after ten years' service, as was the manner regarding 
English servants. The court of Shrewsbury colony also made 
a law against trading in slaves, in 1.683. These are the earliest 
instances of legislation in behalf of these oppressed bondsmen. 
Richard Lippincott was owner of several slaves, some of whom 
were set free under the will of his widow Abigail, who deceased 
in 1697, leaving to her children and grandchildren much real 
estate and considerable bequests in money. 

Rememberance of Shrewsbury, eldest son of Richard, mar- 
ried Margaret Barber of Boston, and died in 1722, aged eighty- 
two years. He was a prominent man in the affairs of the colony, 
and an opponent, as were his brothers, of George Keith, in his 
attempt to seduce the Society of Friends from its faith. He 
had received a gift in the ministry which was usefully exercised. 
His friends sum up his life in a few words: "Rememberance 
Lippincott was a clerk of our Monthly and Quarterly Meetings 
many years, a diligent attendant of our meetings for worship ; 
his labour was acceptable to Friends." He had four sons and 
eight daughters, four of whom • died in infancy ; they were 
Joseph and Elizabeth (twins), Abigail, Richard, Elizabeth, 
Joseph, William, Abigail, Sarah, Ruth, Mary and Grace. 



382 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

The descendants of Rememberance through his sons, Richard 
and William, were numerous. Some of these who derive their 
descent from Jacob, son of Richard, have resided in Chester 
township, Burlington county, N. J., and have inter-married 
with the families of Clemenz, Rudderow and Matlack. Those 
derived from William, son of Rememberance, claim their blood 
through Wilbur, Samuel and Darius. Richard, one of the sons 
of Wilbur, removed to Philadelphia, and married Mary Scull, 
daughter of Jasper of Reading, Pa. From Samuel a numerous 
posterity has descended : first, through his son Joseph, who 
married Elizabeth Engle and lived for several years at Haddon- 
field, where he pra6liced the art of a silversmith, and adled as 
town clerk from 1777 to 1788. His children were Mary, born 
1769, and married to Turner Risdon; Elizabeth, Hannah; and 
Samuel, born 1778, who married Elizabeth Edwards. Samuel 
resided in Philadelphia and Mauch Chunk, Pa., and was, for 
thirty-three years, associated with the business of the Lehigh 
Navigation Company. 

Samuel, the son of William, the son of Rememberance, had 
several sons, some born after he removed to Westmoreland 
county, Pa. Many of their descendants now reside in Pitts- 
burg and other western cities. 

John Lippincott, yeoman, of Shrewsbury, second son of 

Richard, was born 1644, and married Ann . She dying 

in 1707, he married Jennett Austin, three years after, and died 
in 1720. His first wife left him eight children, — John, Robert, 
Preserved, Mary, Ann, Margaret, Robert and Deborah. Their 
numerous descendants reside chiefly in Monmouth county, N. 
J. ; Green county. Pa., and in the city of New York. 

Restore Lippincott of Shrewsbury, afterwards of Northamp- 
ton, Burlington county. New Jersey, third son of Richard, was 
born in 1653, and married Hannah Shattock of Boston, in 
1674. She deceased, and he married Martha Owen in 1729, 
and died in 1741. By his first wife there were three sons 
and six daughters; namely: Samuel, Abigail, Hannah, Hope, 
Rebecca, James, Elizabeth, Jacob and Rachel. Restore Lip- 
pincott was a useful citizen-, exemplary in all the relations of 
life, and much respedled by the community on account of his 



THE LIPPINCOTTS. 383 

regard for truth and justice. In 1703 and 1705, he was a mem- 
ber of the governor's council of West New Jersey, to which 
he had removed in 1692. In that year, he bought of Thomas 
Olive five hundred and seventy acres of land in Northampton, 
Burlington county, N. J., upon which he settled. About 1698, 
he made, in company with John Garwood, a further purchase 
of 2,000 acres, lying to the east of the present town of Pem- 
berton. Restore had many descendants. Of those from his 
own son Samuel and the latter's son Samuel, who married Mary 
Arney, some now reside upon the first purchase, between Mount 
Holly and Pemberton. Among the most a6live have been James, 
the Rev. Caleb A., a methodist preacher, and his son the Rev. 
Joshua A., now professor of mathematics in Dickinson College, 
Pa., and Isaac K. of Freehold and Philadelphia, deceased. 

The descendants of James, who married Anna Eves, have 
resided in Northampton, in Evesham and in Philadelphia. 
Among the latter and most noteworthy, are Joshua B., the 
distinguished publisher, Benjamin H., for many years a public 
man in Burlington county, and Aaron S., a successful cotton 
manufa6lurer in Philadelphia. 

The descendants of Jacob, who was born in 1692, and mar- 
ried Mary Burr, daughter of Henry, in 1716, are numerous, 
living chiefly in Gloucester and Salem counties. Among them, 
however, was Joshua of Philadelphia, at one time a dire6lor of 
the Bank of the United States and president of the Schuylkill 
Navigation Company. 

Freedom Lippincott, fourth child of Richard, described as a 
tanner, lived by Rancocas creek, where the king's highway 
crossed the same, about where Bridgeboro now stands. Having 
sold his Salem land, he located two hundred and eighty-eight 
acres in 1687, whereon he settled. To the trade of a tanner he 
probably added that of a smith, and could shoe a horse or 
"upset" the axes of his neighbors with some skill. However 
that may have been, we find that, in the summer of 1697, 
while shoeing a horse, he was killed by lightning. His widow 
and five children survived him, the oldest being but thirteen 
years of age. The children's names were Samuel, who married 
Hope Wills; Thomas, who married Mary Haines; Judith, who 



384 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

married Joseph Stokes ; Mary, who married Edward Peake ; and 
Freedom, who married Elizabeth Wills. 

The descendants of Freedom, through his sons, Samuel, 
Thomas and Freedom, are most numerous in the western town- 
ships of Camden and Burlington counties. Judith, who married 
Joseph Stokes, became the ancestor of many of that name. 
The descendants of Samuel, through his youngest son Aaron and 
the latter' s son Samuel, who married Theodosia Hewlings, have 
resided in Evesham, near Marlton, Burlington county. Those 
now living and bearing the Lippincott name claim their descent 
through Samuel's sons, Samuel and Jacob. 

Thomas, second son of Freedom, purchased in 1708 a tradl 
of one thousand and thirty-four acres, extending from Penis- 
aukin creek to Swedes' run, joining the No-se-ne-men-si-on 
tra6l, reserved to the Indians; from which the name, Cinna- 
minson, is derived. The village of Westfield stands upon the 
northern border of the Lippincott tra6l. The name was origi- 
nally given to the meeting-house which was eredled in 1800, in 
Thomas Lippincott's western field. 

Thomas Lippincott was an a6live and useful man in the busi- 
ness affairs of Chester township, in which his lands were then 
included. The first house, built by him about 171 1, stood 
where Samuel L. Allen now (1877) resides; and his descend- 
ants occupied the same and a second, built upon its site in 
1800, for one hundred and thirty years. The first meeting of 
Friends in this district was held in his house, and there con- 
tinued to be held until 1800. He married Mary Haines in 
1 71 1. Their children were Nathaniel, who married Mary 
Engle in 1736; Isaac, who married Hannah Engle; Thomas, 
who married Rebecca Eldridge in 1745; Abigail, who married 
Thomas Wills; Esther, who married John Roberts; Mary, 
who deceased; and Thomas, who married Mercy Middleton. 
Thomas had three daughters, namely: Patience, who mar- 
ried Ebenezer Andrews in 1742; Phoebe; and Mercy, who 
married Ephraim Stiles. 

Nathaniel Lippincott, son of Thomas, settled in Goshen, 
Chester county. Pa., about the year 1737, where his two eldest 
children were born. Thence he removed to a farm on the road 



THE LIPPINCOTTS. 385 

leading from Haddonfield to Milford, now owned by Aquilla S. 
Hillman and brothers, in Camden county, N. J. The descend- 
ants of Nathaniel, through his sons, John, Caleb and Seth, are 
numerous. Those from John, through his son Thomas, settled 
in Chester townshij), Burlington county, N. J., in Philadelphia, 
and in the State of Illinois; General Charles EUet Lippincott, 
now auditor of the latter State, being the most distinguished. 
Caleb and Seth have representatives living in the vicinity of 
Moorestown and Haddonfield. 

The descendants of Thomas through his son, Isaac of West- 
field, are also numerous through the latter's sons, Thomas, Isaac 
and Samuel; all of whom settled on part of their grandfather's 
tradl in Cinnaminson and Chester townships, Burlington county, 
and in Philadelphia. Among them may be noticed Joshua, a 
cloth merchant, and Samuel R., a dire6lor of the National State 
Bank of Camden, N. J. 

Although Freedom, youngest son of the first Freedom Lippin- 
cott, settled early in Cropwell, Burlington county, N. J., but 
few of his descendants are now found there. His son Solomon, 
born in 1720, removed to Upper Greenwich, Gloucester county, 
N. J. His name is commemorated by "Solomon's Meeting," 
which he built in that township. Another son Samuel, a mem- 
ber of Pilesgrove Meeting, Salem county, N. J., was a minister 
among Friends. Descendants of the younger children are now 
living in Evesham and Haddonfield. 

Increase, only daughter of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, 
married Samuel Dennis, and removed from Shrewsbury and 
settled in Salem county, N. J. Some of their children married 
among the Mickles and Tindalls, and were members of the old 
Newton Meeting in Gloucester county, N. J. The name of 
Dennis has not been known hereabout for many years, and no 
trace now remains of this branch of the family. 



25 



MARRIAGES. 



The following lists of marriages, colle6led from various 
sources, are defe6live in many particulars. Although the dates 
and the names given may be considered as correct, yet there 
are errors as to the meetings to which they are assigned ; more- 
over they are not the whole record, nor are they arranged in 
chronological order. They may, however, as here presented, 
assist in tracing family descent, and aid in settling many 
doubtful questions. 

BURLINGTON. 

Marriages of Friends at the Burlington Meeting in Burlington 
county, N. J., who were conne6led with the families belonging 
to, or settled within the limits of, the Newton Meeting in Glou- 
cester county, N. J. 

1679 Robert Zane to Alice Allday. 

1680 William Heulings to Doratha Eves. 
1682 William Wood to Mary Parnell. 

1686 Francis Collins to Mary Gosling, widow. 

1698 Thomas Bryant to Rebecca Collins. 

1 701 Thomas Sharp to Elizabeth Winn. 

1 704 Thomas Stokes to Deliverance Horner. 

1707 John Matlack to Hannah Horner. 

1709 George Matlack to Mary Foster. 

1 710 John Kaighn to Elizabeth Hill. 



388 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1 71 1 Tobias Griscom to Deborah Gabitas. 

1 713 William Matlack to Ann Antrim. 

1 716 John Wood to Susanna Furness. 

1 72 1 Joshua Lord to Sarah Wills. 

1 721 Bartholomew Horner to Elizabeth Wills. 

1723 Samuel Shivers to Mary Deacon. 

1730 John Hugg to Mercy Middleton. 

1 73 1 William Tomlinson to Rebecca Wills. 

1732 Thomas Webster to Sarah Vinacom. 
1732 Thomas Lippincott to Mercy Hugg. 
1 734 Isaac Decou to Hannah Nicholson. 
1738 Joseph Nicholson to Catharine Butcher. 
1738 Hugh Clifton to Mary Wood. 

1 740 Thomas Smith to Rebecca Wood. 

1 741 John Mickle to Mary Stockdale. 

Marriages solemnized in open court at Burlington, N. J., 
as recorded in the Minute Book thereof, on file in the office 
of the Secretary of State at Trenton, N. J. 

1682 Charles Buggley to Elizabeth Stephens. 

1682 Thomas Sherman to Frances Ward. 

1682 Walter Reeves to Ann Howell. 

1682 William Barnes to Martha Bromley. 

1682 Francis Boswick to Priscilla Parrock. 

1683 William Lee to Joan South. 
1683 Richard Boyes to Mary Dodson. 
1683 John Woolstan to Latitia Newbold. 

1683 George Elkinton to Mary Bingham. 

1684 Peter Jennings to Anne Nott. 
1684 Jodia Higgins to Mary Newbold. 
1684 Robert Ingalls to Joan Home. 
1684 Jonathan Stephenson to Mary Allen. 

1684 Timothy Hancock to Rachel Firman. 

1685 Seth Hill to Mary Grubb. 

1685 Edward Ingleton to Sarah Hoult. 

1685 John Snape to Anne Clark. 

1685 John Smith to Elizabeth Ball. 

1685 Thomas Wood to Mary Howie. 



MARRIAGES. 389 



1685 Thomas Kendall to Mary Elton. 

1685 Henry Tredway to Anne Driver. 

1685 George Willhouse to Mary Hill. 

1685 Samuel Smith to Mary Appleton. 

1686 John Renshaw to Mary Stacy. 
1686 Thomas Knight to Elizabeth Brown. 
1686 John Langford to Isabella Bowman. 

1686 Daniel Wills to Margaret Newbold. 

1687 William Bustill to Elizabeth Tonkin. 

1688 Daniel Sutton to Agnes Carr. 
1688 John Chadwick to Elizabeth Light. 
1688 James Creek to Frances Churther. 
1688 Robert Rigg to Jane Bayliff. 

1688 Anthony Elton to Elizabeth Revell. 

1689 Thomas Peachee to Mary Miller. 

1690 Thomas Kendall to Ann Jennings. 
1690 Eleazor Fenton to Elizabeth Stacy. 

1690 Joseph Houldin to Hannah Jonson. 

1 69 1 Gilbert Murrell to Judith Hancock. 
1 69 1 Edward Smout to Jane Abbott. 

1 69 1 Edward Hunlock to Mary Bassett. 

1692 John Tuelie to Judith Murrell. 
1692 Thomas Clark to Margarett Duhurst. 
1692 John Bowne to Frances Bowman. 

1692 Thomas Wilson to Ann Silvers. 

1693 Thomas Bibb to Ruth Kettle. 

1693 Bartholomew Minderman to Jane Joyner. 

1693 Henry Marjerman to Jane Rigg. 

1694 John Meridith to Elizabeth Lambert. 
1694 Joseph White to Ann Revell. 

1694 Richard Francis to Mary Major. 

1694 Edward Andrews to Sarah Ong. 

1694 Nathaniel Cripps to Grace Whitten. 

1695 Benjamin Maplin to Elizabeth Lee. 
1695 Thomas Dugles to Mary Odonoghas. 
1695 John Reeve to Ann Bradgate. 

1695 William Heulings to Mary Lovett. 

1695 William Righton to Sarah Biddle. 



390 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1695 Charles Sheepy to Elizabeth Davis. 

1695 James Newbold to Elizabeth Powell. 

1695 Daniel Wills to Mary Shinn. 

1695 Richard Dell to Elizabeth Decou. 

1696 John Baker to Mary Peachee. 
1696 Robert Powell to Mary Perkins. 
1698 Thomas Potts to Mary Record. 
1698 Richard Dell to Elizabeth Basnett. 

1698 William Ogborn to Mary Cole. 

1699 James Harpen to Sabilla Clayton. 
1699 John Paine to Abigail Curtis. 
1699 Joshua Ely to Rachel Lee. 

1699 Jacob Decou to Elizabeth Newbold. 

1699 Robert Dummer to Martha Warren. 

1699 Abinelock Hudson to Pricilla Beswick. 

1700 Andrew Sim to Margaret Hutchinson. 

1 701 Jacob Gibbs to Elizabeth Casson. 
1 701 Hugh Huddy to Martha Hunlock. 

1 701 Thomas Smith to Elizabeth Hibbard. 

1 701 John Briggs to Sarah Smith. 

1 701 James Verier to Valbert Williams. 

1 701 Robert Edwards to Sarah Bennett. 



SALEM. 

Marriages solemnized in open court at Salem New Jersey, as 
recorded in the Minute Book thereof, No. 2., on file in the 
office of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, N. J. 

1682 January 11, Anthony Dixon to Elizabeth Camel. 

1682 January 19, John Paine to Elizabeth Wotton. 

1683 July 16, John Fuller to Ellenor Lewis. 

1683 August 23, Anthony Windsor to Elizabeth Adams. 

1683 February 19, John Walker to Mary Smith, daughter of 

John Smith. 

1684 May 21, William Hall to Elizabeth Pyle. 

1684 November 6, John Worledge to Ann Leupuvre. 



MARK I A GES. 391 

1686 August 10, William Price to Ann Croutcher. 

1686 August 10, John Allen to Mary Huthings, daughter of 

Roger Hutchings. 
1686 September 7, Mark Reeve to Ann Hunt. 
1686 November 24, Thomas Jones to Hannah Prior. 

1686 February 3, Hugh Hutchings to Mary Adams, daughter 

of John Adams. 

1687 June 14, William Shute to Mary Clark. 
1687 August 18, Fenwick Adams to Ann Watkins. 

1687 August 18, Alexander Smith to Hannah Ashbury. 

1688 October 17, John Bacon to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of 

John Smith. 

1688 January i, Bernard Hedge to Elizabeth Prague. 

1689 June 18, William Wilkinson to Mary Nicholson. 

1690 April 24, John Hughes to Martha Buckley. 

1690 October 5, Charles Angello to Katharine Noer. 

1 69 1 March 18, Charles Peterson, widower, to Ann Kerrt, 

widow. 

1 69 1 March 23, Joseph Burgin to Jane Silver. 

1693 March 26, William Remington to Mary Woodhouse. 

1693 August 7, Joseph Bacon to Elizabeth Pancoast. 

1694 July 19, Ebenezer Ashbury to Margaret Depfos. 

1694 January 22, Samuel Woodhouse to Ann Hudson. 

1695 October 31, Samuel Hunter to Katharine S. Keene. 
1699 January 16, Nicholas Winton to Doratha Davis. 

1702 July 2, William Braithwaite to Ann Worlidge, widow. 
1702 November 24, William Pope to Mary Hersley. 

Marriages of Friends at the Salem Meeting in Salem county, 
N. J., who were connedted with the families belonging to the 
Newton Meeting, in Gloucester county, N. J., or who settled 
within the limits of the meeting. 

1677 Abraham Strand to Rachel Nicholson. 

1687 William Bradway to Elizabeth Wood. 

1692 William Cooper, Jr., to Mary Bradway. 

1693 Bartholemew Wyat to Sarah Ashton. 
1693 Abel Nicholson to Mary Tyler. 
1704 Isaac Sharp to Margaret Brathwill. 



392 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1 710 William Tyler to Mary Abbott. 

1722 Hugh Clifton to Elizabeth Tindall. 

1723 Robert Smith to Elizabeth Wyat. 
1729 John Brick to Ann Nicholson. 

1729 Abel Nicholson to Isabella Daniels. 

1730 John Evans to Ruth Nicholson. 
1734 Joseph Tomlinson to Lydia Wade. 
1737 Erastmus Fetters to Rebecca Thompson. 
1740 William Griscom to Sarah Davis. 

1740 John Nicholson to Sarah Powell. 

1 741 John Gill to Anne Davis. 

1743 Samuel Nicholson to Sarah Dennis. 

1744 Othniel Tomlinson to Mary Marsh. 

1746 Jacob Spicer to Mary Lippincott. 

1747 Thomas Redman to Mercy Davis. 

1748 Isaac Ellis to Mary Shivers. 

1749 William Haines to Sarah Lippincott. 
1749 Joshua Ballanger to Naomi Dunn. 
1753 Andrew Griscom to Mary Bacon. 
1756 Richard Haines to Elizabeth Test. 
1758 Joseph Kay to Ann Thompson. 

1 761 Joseph Clement to Ann Brick. 



NEWTON. 

Marriages of Friends who were members, or who married 
members, of Newton Meeting, Gloucester county, N. J. 

1684 James Atkinson, of Philadelphia, to Hannah Newbie, 

widow of Mark, of Newton.' 

1685 John Ladd to Sarah Wood.^ 

1686 Walter Forrest to Ann Albertson.^ 
1686 Thomas Shable to Alice Stalles.^* 

1686 Samuel Toms to Rachel Wood.^" 

1687 Joshua Frame, of Pennsylvania, to Abigail Bates.* 
1687 William Clark to Mary Heritage." 



1 At Hannah Newbie's house. 

2 At James Atkinson's house, 

3 At Newton Meeting. 



MARRIA GES. 



393 



1688 John Hugg, son of John, to Pricilla Collins, daughter of 
Francis.^ 

1688 Joseph Cooper to Lydia Riggs.^ 

1689 Thomas Thackara to Hepsibah Eastlack." 

1689 Thomas Willard to Judith Wood, daughter of Henry.* 

1 69 1 John Butcher to Mary Heritage.^ 

1692 Simeon Ellis to Sarah Bates, daughter of William.^ 

1693 Daniel Cooper to Abigail Wood, daughter of Henry.® 
1695 Daniel Cooper to Sarah Spicer, daughter of Samuel.^ 
1695 William Sharp to Jemima Eastlack, daughter of Francis.* 
1695 Joseph Nicholson, son of Samuel, to Hannah Wood, 

daughter of Henry." 
1695 Isaac Decou to Rachel Newbie, daughter of Mark.* 
1699 Thomas Thackara to Ann Parker, of Philadelphia.* 

1 701 Joseph Bates to Mercy Clement, daughter of James. ^ 

1702 John Estaugh to Elizabeth Haddon.** 

1703 Stephen Newbie to Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Henry. » 

1704 John Mickle, son of Archibald, to Hannah Cooper, 

daughter of William, Jr.^ 

1705 Josiah Southvvick to Elizabeth Collins, daughter of 

Francis.^" 

1706 Joseph Brown to Mary Spicer, daughter af Samuel.* 

1706 Edward Newbie to Hannah Chew.* 

1707 Benjamin Wood to Mary Kay, daughter of John." 
1707 Benjamin Thackara to Mary Cooper, daughter of Wil- 
liam, Jr." 

AT NEWTON MEETING. 



1707 




John Hallowell, of Darby, to Elizabeth Sharp, daughter 

of Thomas. 
John Kay, son of John, to Sarah Langstone. 
Samuel Mickle to Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of Joseph. 
Ezekiel Siddons, son of John, to Sarah Mickle. 



1 At Francis Collins' house. 

2 At William Cooper's bouse. 

3 At James Atkinson's house. 

4 At Henry Wood's house, Hopewell 

5 At Newton Meeting. 

6 At Hannah Wood's house. 

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7 At Samuel Spicer's house. 

8 At John Hinchnian's house. 

9 At Elizabeth Haddon's house. 

10 At Joseph Collins' house. 

11 At John Kay's house. 



394 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1709 Simeon Breach to Mary Dennis. 
1 709 John Harvey to Sarah Hasker. 

1709 Robert Braddoclc to Elizabeth Hancock, daughter of 

Timothy. 

1 710 Thomas Bull to Sarah Nelson. 

1 7 10 William Harrison to Ann Hugg, daughter of John. 
1 710 Thomas Middleton to Mercy Allen. 

1 710 Joseph Stokes, son of Thomas, to Judith Lippincott, 
daughter of Freedom. 

1 7 10 Thomas Sharp to Catharine Hollingsham. 

I 711 Thomas Smith to Sarah Hancock, daughter of Timothy. 

1 71 1 Jonathan Haines, son of John, to Mary Matlack, daugh- 

ter of William. 
171 1 Daniel Mickle to Hannah Dennis. 
1 71 1 Samuel Dennis to Ruth Tindall. 

1 71 1 Thomas Lippincott, son of Freedom, to Mary Haines, 

daughter of John. 

1 71 2 Abraham Brown to Hannah Adams, Jr. 
1 714 Joseph Dole to Hannah Somers. 

1 714 John Hugg to Elizabeth Newbie. 

1 714 John Cox to Lydia Cooper, daughter of Joseph. 

1 716 John Adamson to Ann Skew. 

1 716 Francis Richardson to Sarah Cooper. 

1 716 Thomas Robinson to Sarah Lowe. 

1 716 William Sharp to Mary Austin, daughter of Francis. 

1 71 7 Alexander Morgan, son of Griffith, to Hannah Cooper, 

daughter of Joseph. 

1 718 Benjamin Cooper, son of Joseph, to Rachel Mickle. 
1718 Thomas Rakestraw to Mary Wilkinson, daughter of 

Thomas. 
1 718 Samuel Sharp to Martha Hall. 

1 718 John Gill to Mary Heritage. 

1 719 John Sharp to Jane Fitchardall. 
1 719 Thomas Eyere to Pricilla Hugg. 

1 719 Joseph Gibson to Elizabeth Tindall. 



MARRIA GES. 395 



AT HADDONFIELD MEETING. 

1720 Timothy Matlack to' Mary Haines. 

1720 Jedediah Adams to Margarett Christian. 

1720 Joshua Raper to Sarah Cooper, daughter of Joseph. 

1720 Thomas Adams to Hannah Sharp. 

1722 Samuel Nicholson to Sarah Burrough, daughter of 
Samuel. 

1722 Thomas Ellis to Catharine Collins. 

1723 Samuel Burrrough to Ann Gray. 

1723 Joseph Mickle to Elizabeth Eastlack. 

1724 James Wills to Sarah Clement. 

1724 Thomas Sharp to Elizabeth Smith. 

1725 John Hudson to Hannah Wright. 
1725 Robert Jones to Sarah Siddon. 

1725 Isaac Albertson to Rachel Haines. 

1726 John Burrough, son of Samuel, to Phoebe Haines, daugh- 

ter of John. 

1726 John Wills, son of Daniel, to Elizabeth Kaighn. 

1727 Joseph Kaighn to Mary Estaugh, daughter of James. 
1727 Ephraim Tomlinson, son of Joseph, to Sarah Corbit. 

1727 James Cattle to Mary Engle, widow of John. 

1728 John Haines to Jane Smith. 

1728 Isaac Knight to. Elizabeth Wright. 

1729 Thomas Wright to Mary Thackara. 

1729 John Turner to Jane Engle. 

1730 Timothy Matlack to Martha Haines. 
1730 Samuel Sharp to Mary Tomlin.son. 
1730 John Kay to Sarah Ellis. 

1730 Bartholemew Wyat to Elizabeth Tomlinson. 

1730 David Price to Grace Zane. 

1 731 Daniel Morgan to Mary Haines, widow. 

1732 William Mickle to Sarah Wright. 

1 733 Samuel Abbott to Hannah Foster. 
1733 Thomas Egerton to Sarah Stephens. 

1733 Richard Bidgood to Hannah Burrough, widow. 

1734 Peter White to Rebecca Burr. 

1735 Nathan Beaks to Elizabeth Hooten. 



396 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1 736 Edward Borton to Margarett Tomlinson. 

1736 Thomas Bishop to Rachel Matlack. 

1736 Nathan Lippincott to Mary Engle. 

1736 Walter Faucett to Margarett Rillings. 

1736 David Stratton to Mary Elkinton. 

1737 Jacob Taylor to Ann Andrews. 
1737 Thomas Redman to Mercy Gill. 
1737 Jacob Howell to Mary Cooper. 

1737 Thomas Thorne to Mary Harrison. 

1738 Thomas Egerton to Esther Bates. 

1739 James Whitall to Ann Cooper. 
1739 Charles French to Ann Clement. 
1739 Robert Stevens to Ann Dent. 
1739 Isaac Lippincott to Hannah Engle. 

1739 Thomas Rakestraw to Mary Mason. 

1740 Jacob Hinchman to Abigail Harrison. 

1 741 Samuel Stokes to Hannah Hinchman. 
1 741 Thomas Stokes to Abigail Matlack. 

1 741 William Albertson to Jane Turner. 
I 741 Joshua Stokes to Amy Hinchman. 

I 742 Isaac Burrough to Deborah Jennings, 

1742 John Ashard to Mary Middleton. 
1742 Thomas Hooten to Mercy Bates. 

1742 Samuel Mickle to Latitia Matlack. 

1743 Henry Wood to Ruth Dennis. 
1743 Daniel Fortiner to Rebecca Smith. 

I 743 Joseph Wilkins to Sarah Hartshorn. 

1743 Daniel Hillman to Abigail Nicholson. 

1744 Abraham Haines to Sarah Ellis. 
1744 Samuel Nicholson to Rebecca Saint. 
1744 John Warrington to Hannah Ellis. 
1744 Job Siddon to Achsa Matlack. 
1746 James Cooper to Deborah Matlack. 
1746 John Hillman to Hannah Nicholson. 

1746 Samuel Noble to Lydia Cooper. 

1747 William Miller to Elizabeth Woodward. 

1747 Jacob Clement to Hannah Albertson. 

1 748 Joseph Snowdon to Rebecca Howell. 



MARRIAGES. 397 

1748 Michael Lents to Rachel Richardson. 

1 748 Samuel Clement to Ruth Evans. 

1748 Benjamin Champion to Ann Hewitt. 

1748 William Matlack to Mary Turner. 

1748 Samuel Collins to Rosanna Stokes. 

1 749 Samuel Nicholson to Jane Albertson, widow. 
1749 James West to Mary Cooper. 

1 749 Jacob Stokes to Pricilla Ellis. 

1749 John Jaffereys to Mercy Butcher. 

1749 Archibald Mickle to Mary Burrough. 

1750 Thomas Hinchman to Latitia Mickle, widow. 
1750 Jacob Ellis to Casandra Albertson. 

1750 John Branson to Sarah Sloan. 

1750 John Thorne to Mary Gill, widow. 

1750 John Barton to Elizabeth Champion. 

1750 Jonathan Fisher to Hannah Hutchison. 

1750 Simeon Breach to Mary Shores. 

1 75 1 Jacob Burrough to Sarah Thorne. 

1 75 1 Enoch Burrough to Deborah Middleton. 

1 75 1 John Glover to Mary Thorne. 

1 75 1 Joseph Bispham to Elizabeth Hinchman. 

1752 Samuel Hugg to Elizabeth Collins. 
1752 Thomas Bates to Sarah Pancoast. 
1752 Restore Lippincott to Ann Lord. 
1752 Charles West to Hannah Cooper. 

1752 James Hinchman to Sarah Bickam. 

1753 Joshua Evans to Pricilla Collins. 
1753 Nathan Beaks to Lydia Morgan. 
1753 Robert Stevens to Mary Kaighn. 

1753 Jacob Burrough to Casandra Ellis. 

1754 Samuel Burrough to Hannah Spence. 

1 755 John Hillman to Mary Horner. 

1755 Isaac Ballinger to Patience Albertson. 

1756 William Bates to Elizabeth Hooten. 

1756 Isaac Horner to Elizabeth Kay. 

1757 Josiah Burrough to Sarah Morgan. 

1757 Caleb Hughes to Abigail Ellis. 

1758 Samuel Clement to Bulah Evans. 



398 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 

1758 Daniel Tomlinson to Mary Bates. 

1758 John Buzby to Sarah Ellis. 

1758 Samuel Tomlinson to Ann Burrough. 

1758 Joseph Morgan to Mary Stokes. 

1759 Thomas Thorne to Abigail Burrough. 
1759 Samuel Webster to Sarah Albertson. 

1759 John Branson to Sarah Sloan. 

1760 John Starr to Eunice Lord. 
1760 John Brick to Abigail French. 

1760 Thomas Champion to Deborah Clark. 

1760 Chatfield Brown to Hannah Andrews. 

1760 Constantine Lord to Sarah Albertson. 

1 761 John Sharp to Sarah Andrews. 
1 761 Simeon Zane to Sarah Hooten. 

1 761 Elnathan Zane to Bathsaba Hartly. 

1 761 Jacob Jennings to Mary Smith. 

1 761 Richard Gibbs to Mary Burrough. 

1762 Jacob Cozens to Esther Zane. 

1762 John Mickle to Elizabeth E. Hopkins. 

1762 James Brown to Catharine Andrews. 

1762 John E. Hopkins to Sarah Mickle. 

1762 Stephen Thackara to Elizabeth Sloan. 

1762 David Davis to Martha Cole. 

1762 James Gardiner to Mary Tomlinson. 

1763 Job Kimsey to Elizabeth Eastlack. 

1764 James Whitall to Rebecca Matlack. 
1764 Caleb Lippincott to Ann Vinacomb. 
1764 James Starr to Elizabeth Lord. 

1764 James Cooper to Mary Mififiin, widow. 

1764 Ebenezer Hopkins to Ann Albertson. 

1765 Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Delap. 
1765 William Cooper to Abigail Matlack. 

1765 Joseph Burrough to Mary Pine. 

1766 Griffith Morgan to Rebecca Clement. 
1766 Constantine Jeffreys to Patience Butcher. 

1766 Isaac Townsend to Katharine Albertson. 

1767 John Wilkins to Rachel Wood. 

1767 Josiah Albertson to Elinor Tomlinson. 



MARRIA GES. 399 



1767 Caleb Cresson to Sarah Hopkins. 

1767 John Redman to Sarah Branson. 

1767 Aquilla Jones to Elizabeth Cooper. 

1767 Joshua Lippincott to Elizabeth Wood. 

1767 Robert Cooper to Mary Hooper. 

1767 Mark Miller to Mary Redman. 

1767 John Gill to Abigail Hillman. 

1768 Jacob Haines to Bathsaba Burrough. 

1768 Samuel Brown to Rebecca Branson. 

1769 Job Whitall to Sarah Gill. 

1770 Joshua Cresson to Mary Hopkins. 
1770 James Sloan to Rachel Clement. 

1770 Jonathan Iredell to Elizabeth Hillman. 

1771 Joseph Gibson to Sarah Haines. 

1 77 1 Isaac Buzby to Martha Lippincott. 

1772 Joseph Mickle to Hannah Burrough. 
1772 Thomas Wright to Mary Branson. 
1772 Benjamin C. Cooper to Ann Black. 

1772 Amos Cooper to Sarah Mickle. 

1773 Samuel Allison to Martha Cooper. 
1773 George Ward to Ann Branson. 

1773 John Barton to Amy Shivers. 

1774 Joseph Reeve to Elizabeth Morgan. 
1774 Benjamin Catheral to Esther Brown. 
1774 Joshua Stretch to Lydia Tomlinson. 
1774 William Zane to Elizabeth Hillman. 
1774 William Kneas to Sarah Pederick. 
1774 James Stuart to Mary Ballanger. 

1774 Enoch Allen to Hannah Collins. 

1775 Jo^b Wills to Amy Gill. 

1775 William Edgarton to Tabitha Herison. 

1775 John Haines to Hipparchia Hinchman. 

1775 Caleb Lippincott to Zilpah Shinn. 

1776 Nathaniel Barton to Rachel Stokes. 
1776 John Clement to Hannah Griscom. 

1776 Jonathan Brown to Sarah Ballinger. 

1777 Samuel Tomlinson to Martha Mason. 
1777 Joshua Evans to Ann Kay. 



400 



FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 



1777 Job Cowperthwaite to Ann Vickers. 

1777 David Branson to Elizabeth Evans. 

1778 Joseph Burrough to Lydia Stretch. 
1778 Marmaduke Cooper to Mary Jones. 

1778 William White to Ann Paul. 

1779 Samuel Stokes to Hope Hunt. 
1779 Joshua Paul to Mary Lippincott. 
1779 James Hinchman to Sarah Morgan. 
1779 Jededia Allen to Ann Wilkins. 

1779 Benjamin Test to Elizabeth Thackara. 

1779 Richard Snowdon to Sarah Brown. 

1780 Benjamin Hooten to Sarah Snowdon. 
1780 William Lippincott to Elizabeth Folwell. 

1780 Samuel Tomlinson to Mary Bates. 

1 781 Peter Thompson to Mary Glover. 
1 781 John Gill to Sarah Pritchett. 

1 781 Robert Zane to Elizabeth Butler. 
1 781 Daniel Hillman to Martha Ellis. 
1781 Isaac Ballinger to Mary Bassett. 
1 781 John Webb to Amy Wills. 

1 781 Edward Gibbs to Hepsibah Evans. 

1782 Joshua Cooper to Abigail Stokes. 
1782 John Barton to Rebecca Engevine. 
1782 John Reeves to Beulah Brown. 
1782 David Ware to Sarah Shinn. 

1782 Restore Lippincott to Deborah Ervin. 

1782 Joshua Harlan to Sarah Hinchman. 

1783 Zacheus Test to Rebecca Davis. 
1783 Isaac Stiles to Rachel Glover. 
1783 Jacob Jennings to Ann Hopkins. 

1783 Asher Brown to Mary Ward. 

1784 James Thackara to Jane Guant. 
1784 Charles Fogg to Ann Bates. 

1784 William Knight to Elizabeth Webster. 
1784 James Hopkins to Rebecca Clement. 
1784 Darling Haines to Mary Lippincott. 
1784 James Mickle to Hannah Lord. 
1784 Jonathan Morgan to Elizabeth Fisher. 



MARRIAGES. 401 



1785 Daniel Roberts to Hannah Stokes. 

1785 Abraham Warrington to Rachel Evans. 

1785 Peter Thompson to Sarah Stephenson. 

1785 John Stuart to Deborah Griscom. 

1785 John Evans to Elizabeth Browning. 

1788 Isaac Jones to Sarah Atkinson. 

1788 Caleb Atkinson to Sarah Champion. 

1788 Francis Boggs to Ann Haines. 

1789 William Rogers to Mary Davis. 
1789 Joseph Davis to Mary Haines. 
1789 William Saterthwaite to Mary Prior. 
1789 Samuel Glover to Hannah -Albertson. 

1789 John Thorne to Mary Duberee. 

1790 Thomas Knight to Hannah Branson. 
1790 Thomas M. Potter to Mary Glover. 
1790 James Wood to Ruth Clement. 

1 790 Josiah Kay to Elizabeth Horner. 

1 791 George Abbott to Mary Redman. 
1 791 Samuel Abbott to Martia Gill. 

1 791 Jeremiah Wood to Mary Horner. 

1792 Joseph Burrough to Martha Davis. 

1792 John Gill to Susanna Branson. 

1793 Jesse Lippincott to Mary Ann Kay. 
1793 Joseph Cooper to Sarah P. Buckley. 
1793 Marmaduke Burr to Ann Hopkins. 
1793 Jacob Glover to Mary Branson. 
1793 Abraham Silver to Sarah Knight. 

1 793 Joshua Roberts to Sarah Cole. 

1794 Obediah Engle to Patience Cole. 

1794 John Albertson to Ann Pine. 

1795 Isaac Ballanger to Esther Stokes. 
1 795 Job Bishop to Lardle Jones. 
1795 Joseph Kaighn to Sarah Mickle. 
1795 Jesse Smith to Mary Paul. 

1795 William E. Hopkins to Ann Morgan. 

1 796 Joseph Glover to Sarah Mickle. 
1796 Aaron Pancoast to Ann Cooper. 
1796 Joseph Bennett to Mary Morgan. 



402 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1796 Reuben Braddock to Elizabeth Stokes. 

1797 Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Kaighn. 
1797 Peter Hammit to Mary Duel. 

1797 Joseph C. Swett to Ann H. Clement. 

1798 Richard M. Cooper to Mary Cooper. 
1 798 Joseph Burr to Mary Sloan. 

1798 Abel Ashard to Ann Jennings. 

1799 Robert Rowand to Elizabeth Barton. 
1 799 William Roberts to Ann Brick. 
1799 Isaac Thorne to Rachel Horner. 
1799 Samuel Hooten to Sarah Ballanger. 



CHESTER. 

Marriages of Friends who were members of Chester Meeting, 
(Moorestown), Burlington county, N. J. 

1692 William Hollingshead, son of John, to Elizabeth Adams, 

daughter of John.^ 
1696 Edward Buzby to Susanna Adams, daughter of John.^ 

1696 Francis Austin to Mary Borton.^ 

1697 Joseph Heritage to Hannah Allen, daughter of Juda.'' 
1699 Thomas Eves, son of Thomas, to Mary Roberts, daughter 

of John.* 
1699 Samuel Burrough to Hannah Roberts, daughter of John., 

1 701 Juda Allen to Deborah Adams, daughter of John^ 

1702 Hugh Sharp to Rachel Allen, widow of Mathew.^ 

1705 Enoch Core to Sarah Roberts, daughter of John.* 

1706 John Heritage, son of Richard, to Sarah Slocum' 

AT CHESTER MEETING. 

1 712 John Roberts to Mary Elkinton. 
1 714 Henry Allen to Abigail Somers. 
1 714 John Antrim to Amy Andrews. 



1 At John Adams's house. 5 At Chester Meeting. 

2 At Thomas Wilkins's house. 6 At Rachel Allen's house. 

3 At Richard Heritage's house. 7 At John Heritage's house. 

4 At Sarah Roberts's house. 



MARRIAGES. 403 

1 719 Abraham Haines to Grace Hollingshead. 

1 719 John Hancock to Mary Gurnell. 

1 719 Henry Warrington to Elizabeth Austin. 

1 72 1 Richard Haines to Agnes Hollingshead. 

1722 Joseph Matlack to Rebecca Haines. 
1724 Benjamin Clark to Mary Hooten. 
1724 John French to Sarah Wickawan. 
1724 John Lewdell to Hannah Ward. 

1724 Henry Willard to Elizabeth Ballanger. 

1725 Thomas Bickam to Elizabeth Hooper. 

1727 Derrick Tyson to Ann Hooten, daughter of Thomas. 

1728 Henry Warrington to Elizabeth Bishop. 

1729 John Swain to Mary Buzby. 

1729 Richard Heritage to Sarah Tindall. 

1729 George Ward to Margarett Bennett. 

1730 Hasker Newberry to Mary Heritage. 

1730 William Hooten to Ann Sharp, widow. 

1 731 John Buzby to Hannah Adams. 

1 731 Anthony Sharp to Mary Dimack. 

1 73 1 Thomas Clark to Mariba Parker. 

1734 Hugh Hollingshead to Ann Eves. 

1734 Samuel Haines to Lydia Stokes. 

1734 John Cowperthwaite to Rebecca Stokes. 

1736 Thomas Bishop to Rachel Matlack. 

1737 Jonathan Ellis to Mary Hollingshead. 
1737 William Sharp to Elizabeth Risdon. 
1737 Andrew Griscom to Susanna Hancock. 
1737 Benjamin Moore to Mercy Newberry. 
1737 Edward Hollingshead to Mary Morgan. 
1737 John Maxwell to Hannah Matlack. 
1737 Nathan Allen to Martha Stokes. 

1737 Ebenezer Brown to Elizabeth Ives. 

1737 Robert French to Hannah Cattel. 

1738 John Tanner to Susanna Alcott. 
1738 John Higbee to Mary Barton. 

1738 Amos Wilkins to Susan . 

1739 Isaac Warren to Pricilla Matlack. 

1 740 Samuel Butcher to Mercy Newberry. 



404 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1 740 Abraham Iredale to Sarah Coffin. 

1740 Daniel Packer to Ruth Warrington. 
I 740 Michael Mills to Sarah Moore. 

1 741 Habakuk Ward to Hannah Lord. 
1 741 William Barton to Abigail Lord. 

1 741 Joshua Robertsto Rebecca Stokes. 

1 742 John Roberts to Esther Lippincott. 

1742 Thomas Hooten to Mercy Bates. 

1 743 Benjamin Heritage to Kesiah Matlack. 

1743 George Matlack to Rebecca Hackney. 

1744 James Delzel to Elizabeth Hancock. 
1744 Edward Barton to Elizabeth Middleton. 

1744 John Rowand to Sarah Matlack. 

1745 Richard Matlack to Mary Cole. 

1745 Hudson Middleton to Christian Hopwell. 

1746 William Allen to Judith Stokes. 
1746 Jphn Brown to Sarah Cooper. 

1746 Joseph Stokes to Ann Haines, widow. 

1746 Richard Ward to Hannah Warrington. 

1746 George Ward to Martha Bates. 

1747 Thomas Warrington to Mary Roberts. 

1748 Ebenezer Andrews to Mary Warrington. 

1749 Robert Hunt to Martha Ward, widow. 

1749 Ezekiel Lindsey to Rachel Shores. 

1750 William Middleton to Ann Barton. 
1750 Thomas Eyres to Sarah Mills. 
1750 Nathaniel Brown to Mary Bircham. 
1750 Benjamin Matlack to Susanna Hewitt. 
1750 Thomas West to Deborah Wills. 
1750 Daniel Bassett to Mary Lippincott. 
1750 John Risdon to Sarah Turner. 

1750 Isaac Mason to Sarah Price. 

1750 William Cushin to Phoebe Young. 

1750 Joseph Browning to Kesiah Stokes. 

1 75 1 Thomas Evans to Hannah Roberts. 
1754 William Rogers to Sarah Warrington. 
1754 William Snowden to Margarett Ballanger. 
1754 Joseph Buzby to Hannah Warrington. 



MARRIA GES. 405 

1754 Samuel Andrews to Phoebe Cowperthwaite. 

1754 William Wilkins to Elizabeth Swain. 

1754 Amos Haines to Mary Conrow. 

1755 John Hankinson to Elizabeth Bispham, widow. 
1755 William Cathcart to Mary Orin. 

1755 Joseph Hackney to Agnes Haines. 

1756 John Lippincott to Ann Matlack. 
1756 John Newbold to Mary Cole. 

1756 Caleb Evans to Abigail Hunt. 

1757 David Saterthwaite to Mary Wright. 
1757 Robert Stiles to Mary Ellis, widow. 
1757 Hudson Middleton to Sarah Haines. 
1757 Joseph Stokes to Atlantic Bispham. 

1757 Jacob Wilkins to Ann French. 

1758 Isaac Haines to Deborah Roberts. 
1758 Aaron Wills to Rachel Warrington. 

1758 Ephraim Haines to Sarah Cheesman. 

1759 George Turner to Hannah Thorne. 
1759 John Moore to Hannah Eyre. 
1759 John Mason to Mary Moore. 

1759 Lewis Darnell to Grace Thomas. 



EVESHAM. 

Marriages of Friends who were members of Evesham Meet- 
ing, Burlington county, N. J. 

1703 Henry Newberry to Sarah Boyes, daughter of Richard. 

1703 Henry Clifton, of Philadelphia, to Jane Engle, widow. 

1705 William Newberry to Mary Hasker, daughter of William. 

1707 John Engle to Mary Ogborn. 

1 713 Mark Stratton to Ann Hancock, daughter of Timothy. 

1 713 Emanuel Stratton to Hannah Hancock, daughter of 

Timothy. 

1 715 Thomas Evans to Esther Haines. 

1 71 7 William Hudson to Jane Evans, daughter of William. 

1 72 1 Richard Matlack to Rebecca Haines. 



4o6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1 72 1 Luke Gibson to Sarah Clark. 

1 721 Jacob Cofifin to Hannah Wilkins. 

1 721 Carlisle Haines to Sarah Matlack. 

1 721 Zachariah Pritchett to Mary Troth. 

1722 John Darnell to Hannah Borton. 

1723 John Ratherwell to Mary Ballanger. 
1723 Jonathan Ladd to Ann Wills. 

1723 John Pirn to Lydia Briggs. 

1724 William Garwood to Jane Troth. 

1725 Nathan Haines to Sarah Austin. 

1725 Amaziah Ballanger to Elizabeth Garwood. 

1726 Nathan Crosby to Elizabeth Garwood. 

1727 Josiah Albertson to Ann Austin. 

1727 Thomas Wilkins to Mary Core. 

1728 Richard Clark to Elizabeth Flanagan. 

1728 Edward Richardson to Mary Richardson. 

1729 William Foster to Hannah Core. 
1729 Thomas Pederick to Rebecca Bickam. 
1 731 William Borton to Deborah Hedge. 

1 731 Thomas Jennings to Ann Borton. 

1 731 John Cripps to Mary Eves. 

1 731 Samuel Cole to Mary Lippincott. 

1 731 Amos Haines to Rebecca Troth. 

1732 Philip Pederick to Hannah Bickam. 
1732 Thomas French to Mary Cattel. 

1732 John Wills to Abigail Lippincott. 

1733 Joseph Hopwell to Sarah Briggs. 
1733 Thomas Garwood to Mary Ballanger. 
1733 Francis Dudley to Rachel Wilkins. 

1733 David Davis to Mary Musgrove. 

1734 Brazilla Newbold to Sarah Core. 
1734 Josiah White to Rebecca Foster. 
1734 Samuel Hopper to Mary Johnson. 
1734 John Haines to Ann Ashard. 

1737 Daniel Garwood to Susanna Collins. 

1737 Isaac Decou to Mary Cripps. 

1738 William Evans to Sarah Roberts. 

1739 William Earl to Mary Sharp. 



MARRIAGES. 407 

1739 Thomas Budd to Rebecca Atkinson. 

1739 Freedom Lippincott to Hannah Rakestraw. 

1740 Joseph White to Martha Lippincott. 
1740 Joseph Lippincott to Elizabeth Evans. 
1740 John Lippincott to Elizabeth Elkinton. 
1740 Jonathan Haines to Hannah Sharp. 
1740 Thomas Middleton to Esther Barton. 
1740 David Elwell to Mary Haines. 

1740 Timothy Middleton to Elizabeth Barton. 

1 741 Joshua Ballanger to Martha Stratton. 
1 741 Sylvester Sharp to Mary Mills. 

1 741 William Austin to Mary Robeson. 

1 741 Samuel Wickward to Sarah Buzby. 

1742 Jonathan Davis to Esther Haines. 

1742 Ebenezer Andrews to Patience Lippincott. 

1743 Freedom Lippincott to Elizabeth Ballanger. 
1743 Eber Decou to Sarah Eves. 

1743 Gabriel Davis to Sarah Ballanger. 

1743 William Pinyard to Mary Young. 

1743 Robert Stiles to Hannah Burrough. 

1744 Solomon Lippincott to Sarah Cozens. 

1744 Amaziah Ballanger to Ruth Collins. 

1745 John Green to Catharine Hustead. 
1745 Isaac Evans to Bathsaba Stokes. 

1745 Thomas Lippincott to Rebecca Eldridge. 

1745 Jacob Shinn to Hannah Lippincott. 

1746 Aaron Lippincott to Elizabeth Jennings. 
1746 Samuel Atkinson to Esther Evans. 
1746 John Garwood to Charity Wright. 
1746 Enoch Stratton to Amy Elkinton. 

1746 Francis Collins to Ann Haines, widow. 

1747 Samuel Hammock to Esther Sharp. 
1747 Joseph Butcher to Prudence Rogers. 
1747 John Fisher to Grace Mason. 

1747 Jonathan Austin to Rebecca Mason. 

1748 William Haines to Elizabeth Ballanger. 

1749 Jacob Evans to Rachel Eldridge. 
1749 Job Haines to Esther Hammitt. 



4o8 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1749 William Austin to Hannah Thomas. 

1 749 John Pinyard to Martha Wilkins. 

1749 Aaron Silver to Ann Hall. 

1749 Obediah Borton to Mary Driver. 

1 75 1 Amaziah Ballanger to Mary Ashbrook. 

1751 James Lippincott to Elizabeth Lippincott. 

1752 Thomas Eyre to Catharine Moore. 
1752 John Eves to Jane Evans. 

1752 Abner Woolman to Mary Aronson. 

1752 Joseph Lowe to Rebecca Waite. 

1752 Joseph Wilcox to Sarah Iredell. 

1752 Thomas Andrews to Catharine Webster. 

1752 Caleb Lippincott to Hannah Wilkinson. 

1752 Julius Ersan to Sarah Middleton. 

1752 Richard Saterthwaite to Elizabeth Wright. 

1752 William Sharp to Mary Haines. 

1753 John Ballanger to Mary Andrews, widow. 
1753 Henry Burr to Elizabeth Foster. 

1753 Aaron Lippincott to Elizabeth Tomlinson. 

1753 Thomas Middleton to Jane Nicholson, widow. 

1753 Joseph Johnson to Mary Ellis. 

1753 Thomas Cummings to Mary Craig. 

1754 Edward Darnell to Jane Driver. 
1754 Joseph Sleeper to Hannah Haines. 

1756 Edward Andrews to Tabitha Richardson. 

1756 Ezekiel Lippincott to Bathsaba Matlack. 

1756 Jacob Evans to Mary Cherrington. 

1756 Joshua Lippincott to Rachel Dudley. 

1756 Benjamin Gaskill to Sarah Heustead. 

1756 William Montgomery to Mary Ellis. 

1757 Joshua Gibbs to Hannah Burrough. 
1757 William Troth to Esther Borton. 

1757 Abraham Eldridge to Mary Lippincott. 

1758 John Brackney to Mary Cheesman. 
1758 John Peacock to Susanna Ballanger. 
1758 Jacob Pritchett to Elizabeth Philips. 
1758 Caleb Austin to Lydia Mason. 
1758 Abel Lippincott to Jemima Evans. 



MARRIAGES. 409 



1758 William Sharp to Elizabeth Lippincott. 

1758 John Haines to Mary Shreeve. 

1758 John Miller to Sarah Andrews. 

1758 Isaac Halloway to Mary Haines. 

1759 Brazilla Pritchett to Sarah Sharp. 
1759 Samuel Sharp to Rosanna Pritchett. 
1759 Clayton Newbold to Mary Foster. 

1759 John Painter to Susanna Stratton. 

1760 Joseph Engle to Mary Borton. 

1760 Thomas Rogers to Elizabeth Craig, Jr. 

1 761 Isaac Borton to Mary Hooten. 

1764 Thomas Stokes to Sarah Inskeep. 

1 765 William Wills to Ann Craig. 

1766 John Jessup to Elizabeth Ballanger. 
1766 Joseph Gibson to Mary Ballanger. 
1769 Jesse Thomas to Sarah Beckett. 



WOODBURY. 

Marriages of Friends who were members of Woodbury Creek 
Meeting, Gloucester county, N. J. 

1689 Joshua Lord to Sarah Wood, daughter of John. 

1 709 Joshua Lord to Isabella Watts. 

1 710 James Dilks to Ann Barker. 

1 710 John Wood to Mary Whitall. 

1 713 Samuel Ladd to Mary Medcalf. 

1 714 Thomas Hackney to Rebecca Wilkins. 

1 715 Henry Wood to Hannah Whitall. 

1 716 Job Whitall to Jane Siddon. 

1 71 7 Abraham Chatten to Grace Mills. 

1 71 7 William Wickawan to Sarah Mason. 

1 717 George Nicholson to Alice Lord. 

1 718 James Whitall to Sarah Rakestraw. 
1718 John Hill to Sarah Whitall. 

1 721 John Lord to Mary Tindall. 
1 72 1 Luke Gibson to Sarah Clark. 

28 



41 o FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1722 John Haines to Hannah Wood, widow. 

"1722 James Caffery to Margarett Zane. 

1725 Richard Bickam to Mary Wood. 

1725 James Smith to Jane Whitall, widow. 

1727 William Clark to PhilHs Ward. 

1728 Moses Ward to Mary Clark. 
1730 John Borton to Elizabeth Lord. 
1730 Thomas Wilkins to Joanna Wood. 

1730 Joseph Parker to Mary Ladd. 

1 731 John Saunders to Elizabeth Wilkins. 

1732 John Ladd to Hannah Mickle. 

1733 Francis Eastlack to Phoebe Driver. 
1733 Richard Chew to Abigail Wood. 
1733 John Wilkins to Sarah Wood. 
1733 Obediah Gibson to Mary Lord. 

1 733 Thomas Saunders to Ann Hopper. 

1734 William Wood to Hannah Wood. 
1734 John Howell to Catharine Ladd. 
1734 Abraham Moss to Ann Ladd. 
1734 Edmund Lord to Elizabeth Wood. 
1737 Ebenezer Hopkins to Sarah Lord. 
1737 John Jessup to Margarett Whitaker. 
1737 James Wood to Sarah Kinsey. 

1 739 James Whitall to Ann Cooper. 

1739 William Wood to Rachel Stockdale. 

1740 Thomas Kinsey to Hannah Ward. 

1 740 Habakuk Ward to Hannah Lord. 

1 741 William Barton to Abigail Lord. 

1742 Robert Downs to Catharine Ladd. 

1743 John Mitchner to Sarah Wilkins. 
1743 Robert Zane to Martha Chatten. 

1745 Abraham Chatten to Mary Wood. 

1746 Joseph Gibson to Sarah Lord. 

1747 Jacob Wills to Deborah Ladd. 

1748 John Heustead to Sarah Lord. 
1748 Joseph Cowgill to Ann Arnold. 
1 75 1 Isaac Wilkins to Elizabeth Bliss. 

1 75 1 Ebenezer Cook to Elizabeth Zane. , - 



MARRIAGES. 411 



1752 Thomas Robeson to Sarah Chatten. 

1752 Francis Wood to Rachel Zane. 

1752 John Lawton to Elizabeth Stevens. 

1753 James Wood to Sarah Bickam. 
1753 Nathan Lord to Ruth Snowdon. 
1758 James Wood to Rebecca Wilkins. 
1760 James Wilkins to Mary Ward. 
1760 Samuel Mififlin to Mary Jessup. 
1762 John Tatem to Sarah Ward. 
1768 Jeremiah Andrews to Ann Wood. 
1768 Thomas Saunders to Rachel Stevens. 
1 7 71 Phineas Lord to Mary Gibbs. 

1772 William Mickle to Sarah Lord. 

1777 William Wood to Hannah Ladd. 

1780 John Tatem to Elizabeth Cooper. 

1780 Richard Wood to Ann Cooper. 

1782 George Ward to Edith Wood. 

1794 George Ward to Deborah Saunders. 

1794 Benjamin Hopkins to Rebecca Ward. 



LICENSES OF MARRIAGE. 



A copy of the licenses of marriage granted by the Governor 
of the State of New Jersey, as taken from the license books and 
from the files relating thereto, in the office of the Secretary of 
State at Trenton, N. J., of Burlington and Gloucester counties. 

1727. 

Benjamin Wood, of Gloucester county, to Mary Ashton, of 
Philadelphia. 

Thomas Thorne, of New York, to Laticia Hinchman, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Robert Bishop to Mary Hall, of Burlington county. 

Thomas Briant to Sarah Dunn, of Gloucester county. 

Richard Buckle to Sarah Johnson, " '' 

Thomas Cheesman to Sarah Coleman, " " 

William Ward to Mary Ann Warder, " " 

Jonathan Wood to Doratha Dogsflesh. 



412 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1728. 

William Budd, of Burlington county, to Susanna Cole, of Glou- 
cester county. 
Joseph Inskeep to Mary Matlack, of Burlington county. 
Richard Glover to Rachel Clark, " 

Jonathan Bolton to Mary Champion, of Gloucester county. 
Gabriel Hugg to Patience Ervin, " " 

Amos Ashard to Cecelia Cheesman, " '' 

George Gilbert to Hannah Fish, " " 

Benjamin Ingersoll to Hannah Dole, '' " 

1729. 

Benjamin Cooper, of Gloucester county, to Hannah Carlisle, 4J)f 

Philadelphia. 
Edward Hurley to Frances Warrick, of Burlington county. 
Thomas Briant to Martha Middleton, of Gloucester county. 
Isaac Tindall to Ann Harland, " " 

Josiah Shivers to Ann Bates, " " 

Henry Roe to Hannah Cheesman, '' " 

1730. 

Samuel Harrison, of Gloucester county, to Mary Preston, of 

Philadelphia. 
Benjamin Cheesman to Kesiah Lawrence, of Gloucester county. 
John Testor to Hannah Briggs, " " 

Joseph Heritage to Sarah Whitall, " " 

William Holmes to Rebecca Jones, " " 

1731- 

Jacob Albertson to Patience Chew, " " 

Joseph Thackara to Hannah Albertson, *' " 

Ebenezer Jones to Mary Hampton, " " 

Joseph Cole to Mary Wood, " " 

1732. 

Edward Gaskill to Elizabeth Lippincott, of Burlington county. 
Aaron Ward to Phoebe Holmes, of Gloucester county. 
John Ashbrook to Esther Hamilton, " " 



MARRIAGES. 



413 



John Holmes to Esther Fawsett, of Gloucester county. 

Thomas Cole to Hannah Stokes, 

John Kaighn to Abigail Hinchman, 

Remembrance Lippincott to Hannah Bates, 

James Mickle to Sarah Eastlack, 

Thomas Bates to Mary Shivers, 

Tobias Holloway to Mary Ladd, widow, 

1733- 

Edward Tonkins, of Burlington county, to Mary Cole, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Samuel Parr, of Burlington county, to Hannah Burrough, of 
Gloucester county. 

Robert Hunt, of Burlington county, to Abigail Wood, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Jacob Matlack to Ruth Woodathall, of Burlington county. 

Isaac Matlack to Rebecca Bates, of Gloucester 

Isaiah Ross to Ruth Tindall, " 

John Preston to Margarett Macintosh, " 

John Kentee to Hannah Sharp, " 

Samuel Eastlack to Ann Breach, " 

William Kent to Sarah Powell, " 

John Wright to Ruth Mapes, " 

John Maher to Edith Jones, " 

1734- 

Benjamin Cooper to Elizabeth Burdsall, widow, of Gloucester 

county. 
Abraham Siddon to Mary Cooper, widow, of Gloucester county. 

1735- 

George Vaughn, of Gloucester county, to Hannah Smith, of 

Burlington county. 

Abraham Sharp to Mary French, widow, of Burlington county. 

William Sharp to Ann Austin, " " 

Henry Cooper to Elizabeth Curtis, *' " 

Thomas Budd to Jemima Leeds, " '' 



414 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

Benjamin Collins to Ann Hedger, of Gloucester county. 

Thomas Potter to Rachel Wainwright, '' " 

John Eastlack to Margarett Hillman, *' " 

George Ellis to Sarah Wild, " " 

William Heppard to Deborah Hinchman, " " 

Andrew Morton to Emily Somers, " " 

William Guess to Christiana Archard, " " 

Elias Champion to Mary Steelman, " " 

Benjamin Holmes to Hannah Roberts, " "■ 

John Kain to Mary Worriman, " " 
Charles Axford to Rebecca Beeks. 
Reuben Eldridge to Susanna Perkins. 
Samuel Reeves to Mary Hill. 

1736. 

Charles Taylor, of Burlington county, to Rachel Horner, daugh- 
ter of Isaac, of Gloucester county. 
Jeremiah Wood, of Long Island, to Catharine Lloyd, of Salem 

county. 
Blackinstone Ingledon, of Philadelphia, to Mary Mickle, widow, 

of Gloucester county. 
John Chambers, of Philadelphia, to Mary Mickle, of Gloucester 

county. 
Nathan Middleton to Mary French, of Burlington county. 
Amos Austin to Esther Haines, " " 

John Goslin to Sarah Budd, " " 

Hugh Caldwell to Jane Cox, of Gloucester " 

John Shivers to Mary Clement, " '' 

Samuel Morton to Lydia Cox, " " 

Henry Willard to Ann Wetherill, " " 

George Flanagan to Sarah Jennings, " " 

John Matlack to Hannah Shivers, " " 

Jeremiah Birch to Mary Jones, " " 

Samuel Butcher to Susanna Marple, of Philadelphia. 
Charles Hopkins to Ann Green, of Salem " 

John Hampton to Ann Deval, " " 

Abraham Lord to Arnica MuUica, " " 



MARRIAGES, 415 

1737- 

John Collins, of Gloucester county, to Elizabeth Moore, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin of Burlington county. 

William Hugg to Sai-ah Harrison, daughter of Samuel, of Glou- 
cester county. 

William Kaighn to Abigail Cooper, daughter of Mary Siddons, 
of Gloucester county. 

Samuel Few to Susanna Collins, daughter of Edward, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Abraham Albertson to Hannah Medcalf, widow, of Gloucester 
county. 

John Bishop to Rebecca Matlack, of Burlington county. 

Roger Hartley to Rebecca Packer, *' 

John Hooten to Sarah Kay, " 

Thomas Clement to Mary Tylee, of Gloucester 

Archibald Jolly to Deborah Cheesman, " 

Joseph Albertson to Rosanna Hampton, " 

John Eastlack to Mary Bolton, " 

John Green to Elizabeth Browning, " 

John Norton to Hannah Eastlack, "■ 

Ephraim Norton to Sarah Mickle, " 

1738. 

Isaac Kay to Mary Ann Gregory, daughter of Joseph, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Benjamin Donnoly to Susanna Collins, daughter of Elizabeth 
Kent, of Burlington county. 

Henry Siddons to Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of Samuel, of 
Gloucester county. 

Henry Jones to Naomi Cheesman, of Gloucester county. 

Jonathan Thomas to Sarah Ellis, widow, ** ** 

Daniel Barber to Margarett Hampton, *' " 

Robert Turner to Abigail Burne, " " 

David Roe to Elizabeth Taber, " «* 

John Wiltshire to Elizabeth Williams. 

John Johnson to Mary Redman. 



41 6 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1739- 
John Chew to Ann Jennings, daughter of Isaac, of Gloucester 

county. 
Isaac Smith to Elizabeth Norris, of Gloucester county. 

1740. 

Abraham Inskeep to Sarah Ward, daughter of George, of Glou- 
cester county. 
Jones Cattel to Mary Pratt, of Burlington county. 
Philo Leeds to Sarah Shinn, " " 

William Wallace to Dorathy Connolly, of Gloucester county. 
James Ward to Mary Hackney, 
Daniel Eastlack to Mary Cheesman, 
Nathaniel Paul to Deborah Vaneman, 
Clement Russel to Sarah Purdy, 
Peter Champion to Hannah Thackara, 
John Wild to Sarah Chew, 
Thomas Spicer to Rebecca Day, 
Jacob Horner to Zabatha Wright, 

1741. 

Gabriel Newbie, of Gloucester county, to Elizabeth McCop- 
pering, of Cumberland county. 

John Heritage, of Burlington county, to Ann Hugg, daughter 
of Joseph, of Gloucester county. 

Edward Fennett, of Gloucester county, to Margarett Smith, 
widow, of Burlington county. 

William Bates, of Gloucester county, to Rebecca Tomlinson, of 
Burlington county. 

John Githens to Rebecca Frame, daughter of Joshua, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Jacob Clement to Elizabeth Tylee, daughter of Ann Ellison 
late Tylee. 

James Shivers to Rebecca Doster, of Burlington county. 

Michael Bowker to Mary Collins, " " . 

Thomas Kingston to Sarah Cripps, '' " 

Edward Hampton to Sarah Breach, of Gloucester " 

John Eastlack to Patience Hugg, widow, " " 



MARRIAGES. 417 

Joseph Cooper to Deborah Taylor, of Monmouth county. 
Thomas Simpson to Abigail Burleigh, of Pennsylvania. 
Ephraim Albertson to Kesiah Chew, daughter of Thomas. 
Joseph Heulings to Hannah Wood, daughter of Benjamin. 

1742. 

Casper Fish, of Gloucester county, to Sarah Collins, daughter 
of Edward, of Philadelphia. 

Owen Carty, of Gloucester county, to Esther Watson, of Bur- 
lington county. 

Abraham Albertson to Sarah Dennis, daughter of Esther Cowgill. 

1743- 

John Franklin to Mary Graysbury, daughter of James, of Glou- 
cester county. 

Francis Kay to Jemima French, daughter of Charles, of Glou- 
cester county. 

William Kay to Barbara Smith, of Burlington county. 

Samuel Spicer to Abigail Willard, of Gloucester county. 

1744. 

John Cox, of Burlington county, to Abigail Ellis, of Gloucester 

county. 
Hugh Middleton to Mary Fairly, of Burlington county. 
Laban Langstaff to Ann Hewitt, of Gloucester " 
Joseph Morgan to Sarah Mickle, " " 

1745- 

james Wood, of Philadelphia, to Rachel Cooper, of Gloucester 

county. 
John Hammit to Sarah Hilliard, of Gloucester county. 
Jeremiah Chew to Hannah Ashbrook, " '< 

1746. 

Daniel Bates, of Gloucester county, to Sarah Higbee, of Bur- 
lington county. 
Joseph Heritage to Ruth Haines, of Burlington county. 
Abraham Hess to Elizabeth Hammit, " " 

29 



4i8 



FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 



Vespasian Kemble to Rachel Haines, of Burlington county. 

Thomas Bates to Mary Clemenz, of Gloucester 

John Erwin to Mary Bellows, 

Richard Cheesman to Hannah Cheesman, 

Peter Cheesman to Ann Ellis, 

Edward Castle to Ann Norton, 

Thomas Clark to Ruth Hooten, 

Isaac Mickle to Sarah Burrough, 

Samuel Champion to Sarah Dilks, 

1747. 

John Bates, of Burlington county, to Sarah Collins, of Glou- 
cester county. 
Jonathan Wright to Mary Inskeep, of Burlington county. 
James Inskeep to Mary Patterson, " 

James Gill to Hannah Hinchman, of Gloucester 
Abraham Hammit to Mary Hilliard, " 

William Albertson to Hannah Harrison, " 
John Hinchman to Elizabeth Smith, widow, " 

1748. 

Charles Collins to Ruth Starkey, of Burlington county. 
Joseph Nicholson to Rachel Livzey, of Gloucester 
Daniel Fortiner to Bathsaba French, 
Edward HoUingshead to Susanna Shivers, 
Samuel Packer to Elizabeth Hawkes, 
John Holmes to Esther Carty, 
Joel Hillman to Laticia Cheesman, 
Isaac Kay to Hope French, 

1749. 
William Southerly Cooper to Mary Cheesman, of Gloucester 

county. 
Joseph Harrison to Ann Clement, of Gloucester county. 
Charles Hubbs to Mary Eastlack, " " 

1750- 
William Dwyer to Sarah Ellis, " " 

Josiah Ward to Kesiah Albertson, " •* 



MARRIAGES. 419 

1751- 
John Eastlack, of Gloucester county, to Elizabeth Read, of 

Salem county. 
Richard Lippincott to Hannah Clemenz, of Burlington county. 
John Stokes to Ann Champion, widow, of Gloucester " 
Edward Browning to Grace Oldale, " " 

1752- 
Jacob Spicer to Deborah Learning, widow, of Cape May county. 

1753- 
Isaac Hinchman to Laticia Woolstan, of Gloucester county. 

1754- 

Thomas Bispham, of Burlington county, to Sarah Hinchman, 

of Gloucester county. 
John Mullen to Hannah Collins, of Burlington county. 
James Brown to Alice Wood, of Gloucester " 

Henry Crawford to Elizabeth McCuUock, " "■ 

James Hillman to Mary Smallwood, " " 

1756- 

Levi Albertson, of Gloucester county, to Kesiah Roberts, of 

Burlington county. 
Joseph Inskeep, of Salem county, to Hannah McCuUock, of 

Gloucester county. 
Joseph Heulings to Elizabeth Hammit, of Burlington county. 
Aaron Albertson to Elizabeth Albertson, of Gloucester " 
Elijah Clark to Jane Lardener, " " 

William Ellis, Jr., to Amy Matlack, " "■ 

Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Clement, '' " 

1757- 
Abraham Heulings to Sarah Perkins, of Burlington county. 
Thomas Rakestraw to Elizabeth Zane, " " 

James Mulock, M. D., to Pricilla Collins, of Gloucester county. 
David Hurley to Sarah Branson, of Monmouth county. 



420 



FIRST EMIGRANT SETTIERS. 



1758. 

John Buzby, of Burlington county, to Sarah Ellis, of Gloucester 

county. 
John Budd, of Salem county, to Rosanna Shivers, of Gloucester 

county. 
Abraham Heulings to Mary Ann Kay, widow, of Burlington 

county. 
John Inskeep to Elizabeth Buckman, of Burlington county. 
Joseph Hiliman to Sarah Shivers, of Gloucester " 
William Rudderow to Abigail Spicer, " " 

1759- 
Benjamin Cooper, of Gloucester county, to Elizabeth Hopwell, 

of Burlington county. 
Thomas Ellis, Jr., to Hannah Albertson, widow, of Gloucester 

county. 
Richard Collins to Sarah Griffith, of Burlington county. 
Samuel Gaskill to Sybilla Collins, " 

Titan Leeds to Hope French, " 

Charles Day to Laticia Albertson, of Gloucester 
Hugh Creighton to Mary French, widow, " 
William Harrison to Abigail Thorne, " 

John Parker to Elizabeth Kay, " 

Biddle Reeve to Anne Clement, " 

1760. 

Capt. Joseph Ellis to Mary Hinchman, " 
Simeon Ellis to Pricilla Bates, " 



1761. 

Isaac Albertson to Deborah Thorne, 
James Cooper to Sarah Ervin, 
Thomas Heppard to Rhoda Zane, 
Joseph Hugg to Sarah Smith, 
Joseph Harrison to Kesiah Tallman, 
Josiah Hiliman to Elizabeth Pancoast, 
Joab Hiliman to Mary Matlack, 
Samuel Hugg to Elizabeth Thorne, 



MARRIAGES. :42i 

Samuel Murrel to Ann Stokes, of Gloucester county. 
John Cane to Hannah Tice, " " 

Robert Friend Price to Mary Thorne, " " 

1762. 

Thomas Gill, of Gloucester county, to Mary Wallis, of Bur- 
lington county. 
Samuel Boggs to Margaret Halloway, of Gloucester county. 
Benjamin Hartley to Mary Bates, " " 

John Kay to Rebecca Hartley, " " 

Joseph Holmes to Elizabeth Guthridge. 

1763. 
Joseph Hillman to Drusilla Cheesman, " " 

1764. 

Nathan Albertson to Jane Thorne, " " 

Abraham Albertson to Sarah Albertson, " " 

vSamuel Hugg to Mary Collins, " " 

1765- 
Thomas Ellis, of Gloucester county, to Anna Humphries, of 

Burlington county. 
Aaron Albertson to Margarett Wells, of Gloucester county. 

1766. 

Moses Branson to Sarah Borrodale, of .Burlington county. 
Haddon Hopkins to Hannah Stokes, of Gloucester " 
Benjamin Bates to Sarah Hugg, widow, " " 

Robert Friend Price to Lizzie Hugg, " " 

Isaac Tomlinson to Elizabeth Shivers, " " 

1767. 

Isaac Burrough to Rebecca Nicholson, " " 

Benjamin Graysbury to Lydia Matlack, " " 

Joseph Kaighn to Prudence Butcher, " " 



42 2 FIRST EMIGRANT SETTLERS. 

1768. 

William Bakely to Elizabeth Albertson, widow, of Gloucester 

county. 
Samuel Kaighn to Mary Gerard, of Gloucester county. 
Joseph Bates to Judith Albertson, " " 

1769. / 

George Flanagan to Patience Collins, widow, of Gloucester 
county. 

1770. 

John Lippincott to Abigail Collins, of Burlington county. 
Jacob Albertson to Elizabeth Flanagan, of Gloucester ' ' 
Samuel Nicholson to Elizabeth Haines, " " 

John Blackwood to Hannah Stretch, of Salem " 
Joseph Blackwood to Rebecca Moss, " " 

John Eastlack to Jerusha Parks. 

1771. 

Isaac Burrough to Abigail Marshall, of Gloucester county. 
Brazilla Hugg to Mary Wood, " 

Jacob Rowand to Anne Heppard, " 

1772. 

Benjamin Holmes to Phoebe Heulings, " 
Aaron Haines to Pricilla Collins, " 

1773- 
Joseph Albertson to Mary Albertson, " 

Job Kay to Rachel Adams, " 

1774- 
Vespasian Kemble to Esther French, widow," 
Silas Lord to Elizabeth Bates, " 

1775- 

Ephraim Albertson to Elizabeth Warrick, " 

Jacob Burrough to Elizabeth Gill, " 

Samuel Ellis to Hannah Gilbert, " 



MARRIA GES. 

Henry Thorne to Elizabeth Tice, of Gloucester county. 

Benjamin Graysbury to Laticia Shivers, " " 

William Zane to Alice Chatten, " *' 

1777. 

Benjamin Bates to Mary Thackara, " " 

Thomas Burrough to Rebecca Fish, *' " 

Benjamin Bates to Sarah Hammel, " '■'■ 

William Davidson to Elizabeth Eastlack, " " 

William Kaighn to Mary Cole, " " 

1779. 

William Buzby to Sarah Burrough, " ** 

John Kay to Kesiah Thorne, " " 

1782. 
Isaac Evans to Esther Collins, of Burlington " 

Isaac Albertson to Sarah Thackara, of Gloucester " 

Ephraim Albertson to Charity Langley, " " 

Abraham Bennett to Mercy Bates, " " 

Thomas Kay to Mary Mattson, " " 

1783- 

Benjamin Burrough to Hannah Wilkins, " " 

Levi Ellis to Elizabeth Hillman, " " 

1784. 

Samuel Risley to Abigail Somers, " " 

1785- 

Isaac Ellis to Sarah Hillman, " " 

Alexander Rowand to Phoebe Clement, " " 



423 



1786. 



Abel Nicholson to Mary Ellis, 



1791. 

Nathan Eyres, of Philadelphia, to Sarah Kay, of Gloucester 

county. 
John Roberts to Hannah Bassett, of Gloucester county. 



INDEX. 



A 



Abbott, Elizabeth, 220. 

George, 221. 

John, 219, 220, 

Mary, 220. 

Rachel, 220. 

Samuel, 136. 
Aborn, Jonathan, 53. 
Adams, James, 318. 

John, 276, 318. 

Samuel, 217. 
Advertisement of Council of Pro- 
prietors, 361. 
Albertson, William, 50, 69, loi, 103, 
104, 105, 106, 123, I S2, 221, 
332- 

Aaron, 106. 

Abraham, 104, 106. 

Ann, 104, 108, 123, 324. 

Benjamin, 104. 

Cassandra, 56, 104, 108. 

Chalkley, 107. 

Derric, 102. 

Elizabeth, 106, 108. 

Ephraim, 106. 

Esther, 106. 

Hannah, 64, 104, 108, 247. 

Hans, 102. 

Isaac, 106. 

Jacob, 106. 

Jane, 106, 221, 332. 

John, 106, 153. 

Jonathan, 106. 

Joseph, 106. 

Josiah, 104, 107, 108, 198, 324. 

Katurah, 108. 

Levi, 106. 

Mary, 106, 108. 

Patience, 108. 

Rebecca, 104, 106. 

Sarah, 108. 

30 



Allday, Alice, 14. 
Aelen, Deborah, 276. 

Elizabeth, 276. . 

Enoch, 82. 

Hannah, 132. 

Juda, 276. 

Mary, 123. 

Samuel, 384. 
Antrim, Ann, 235. 
Anderson, Jacob, 303. 
Andrews, Ebenezer, 384. 
Ait'LETON, John, 227. 

Josiah, 227. 

Richard, 227. 
Arasapha, 89. 
Arney, Mary, 383. 
Aronson, Aaron, 221, 323. 

Rebecca, 221. 

Kesiah, 321. 
Armstrong, Edward, 286. 
Arnold, Richard, 147. 
Arwawmosse, 75, 327, ;^23- 
I Ashard, George, 215. 
AsHBRlDGE, Aaron, 199. 
AsHBROOK, John, 264. 
Ashton, Sarah, 197. 
AsPDEN, Mathias, 20, 369. 
Atkinson, Elizabeth, 311. 

James, 45. 

Thomas, 259, 317. 
Atmore, Caleb, 161, 164. 

" Dam," 163, 166. 

Thomas, 164. 
A I SPIN, Ann, 104, 107. 

Francis 107, 169. 

Jennett, 382. 
Ax FORD, Hannah, 275, 276. 

Jonathan, 178, 276. 

" Landing," 131. 



426 



INDEX. 



B 



Baldwin, John, 342. 
Ballinger, Elizabeth, 82. 

Henry, 169. 

Isaac, 108, 120, 153. 

John, 183. 

Mark, 303, 304. 
Bank, Mark Newbie's, 40. 
Barber, Margaret, 381. 
Barclay, Robert, 344, 356. 
Bartlett, Benjamin, 202, 223, 337. 

Gracia, 223. 
Barton,. John, 224, 369. 
Basse, Jeremiah, 139. 
■' Batchelor's Bank," 329. 
Bates, William, 17, 24, 25, 32, 38, 
40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 
53. 54, 55> 56, 57. 130, 183. 

Abigail, 51, 52, 53,64,258. 

Ann, 253. 

Benjamin, 53. 

Elizabeth, 53. 

Jeremiah, 51, 52, 64, 297. 

Jonathan, 53. 

Joseph, 51, 52, 55, 56, 229, 
258, 273, 275. 

Mary, 52, 199, 276. 

Martha, 52. 

Sarah, 51, 52, 56, 189. 

Samuel, 81. 

Thomas, 53, 55, 253, 276. 
Beeks, Lydia, 311. 

Morgan, 31 1. 

Nathan, 212, 310, 311. 
Bennett, Joseph, 311. 
Bernard, Mary 302. 
Berkley, John, 359. 
Bettle, Edward, 161. 

William, 162. 
Beverly, 106. 
BiCKLEY, Abraham, 363. 
BiDGOOD, Esther, 324. 

Richard, 320. 

William, 320. 
BiLDERBACK, Francis, 46. 
Billington, James, 131. 
BiRCHAM, Sarah, 244. 
Bishop, Hannah, 82. 
BiSPHAM, Benjamin, 247. 

Elizabeth, 247. 

Hinchman, 247. 

Joseph, 244, 247. 

Thomas, 243, 247. 



Black, Mary, 321. 
Blackwell, Robert, 209. 
Blackwood, Benjamin W., 369. 
Blue Anchor tra6l, 363. 
Bogg, Judith, 108. 
Bolton, Jonathan, 129, 280, 281. 

Hannah, 280, 281, 

Mary, 66, 375. 
BooYs, Martha, 254. 

BORRADALE, Ruth, 82. 

BoRTON, Edward, 90, 197. 

Sarah, 97. 
BowDEN, James, 353. 
BowNAS Samuel, 272. 
Bradford, William, 355. 
Bradway, Edward, 91, 215. 

Mary, 91. 
Brady, Henry, 279. 
Braithwill, Margaret, 35. 
Branson, John, 163. 

Mary, 247. 

Sarah, 137. 
Breach, Ann, 66, 375. 

Simeon, 77, 161. 
Brearley, Alexander, 18. 
Brick, John, 220. 

J. Stokes, 245. 
Bridgman, Orlando, 269. 
Brighton, William, 353. 
Bromley, Richard, 319. 
Brooks, Stephen, 136. 
Brotherton, town of, 362. 
Brown, Allen H., 273. 

John, 120, 146, 153, 180. 

Joseph, 297. 

Prudence, 147. 
Browning, Joseph, 54, 304. 
Bryant, Abraham, 79, 179. 

Ann, 79. 

Benjamin, 79. 

Elizabeth, 79. 

John, 79. 

Rebecca, 79. 

Sarah, 79. 

Thomas, 76, 79, 
Budd, Ann, 204. 

George, 147. 

James, 81. 

John, 78, 361. 

"Thomas, 40, 41, 80, 98, 217, 

353. 369- 
William, 204, 217. 



INDEX. 



427 



Bull, John, 72. 

Richard, 361. 
Bunting, Mary, 97. 

Samuel, 91. 
BuRCHAM, Elizabeth, 92, 147. 

Jacob, 147, 204. 
Burden, Matthew, 331. 

Richard, 331. 
Burlington, town of, 84, 86, 88, 90, 

91, 170. 
Burlington and Gloucester County 

lines, 32, y^, 203. 
Burr, Ann, 21, 123. 

Heni-y, 383. 

Marmaduke, 123. 

Mary, 383. 
Burrough, Abigail, 245, 321. 

Ann, 199, 321. 

Bathsaba, 321. 

Benjamin, 320, 321. 

David, 189, 276, 321. 

Edward, 315, 316, 317, 318, 
319. 

Elizabeth, 318. 

Enoch, 321. 

Esther, 320, 321. 

Gideon, 321. 

Hannah, 319, 320, 321, 324. 

Isaac, 222, 320, 323. 

Jacob, 108, 136, 245, 320, 324. 

James, 324. 



Burrough, Jeremiah, 316. 

John, 170, 276, 316, 318, 320, 

321, 324- 
Joseph, 153, 316, 320, 321. 
Josiah, 212, 310, 319, 321,322, 

323- 
Kesiah, 320. 
Martha, 321. 
Mary, 321, 324. 
Priscilla, 317, 323. 
Rachel, 321. 
Reuben, 324. 
Samuel, 141, 221, 318, 319, 

320, 321, 324. 
Sarah, 141, 319, 320, 321, 324, 

332- 
William, 316, 324. 
Burnett, Phrebe, 321. 

William, 259. 
BuRGE, William, 280. 
Busse, Margaret, 287. 

Paul, 287. 
Butcher, Catharine, 221. 
Maiy, 311. 
Prudence, 156. 
BuzBY, John, 190, 306. 
Byllynge, Edward, 13, 27. 44, 48, 
58, 72, 74, 90, 98, 112, 132, 
202,223,277,301,327,336, 

^ 345, 359- 
Gracia, 223. 



c 



Campbell, John, 61. 

Cantwell, Edmund, 358. 

Carew, John, 269. 

Carpenter, Samuel, 18, 218, 331, 

345>346, 347,349,350,351- 
Abraham, 92, 349. 

Hannah, 347, 349. 

John, 349. 

Joshua, 92, 349. 
Carter, Catharine, 342. 
Carterett, Philip, 358, 359. 
Cassimer, Fort, 102. 
Cathcart, John, 53. 
Census of Gloucester County, 96. 
Chalkley, Thomas, 297. 
Champion, John, 225, 226, 365, 366, 
367, 368, 369. 

Ann, 304. 

Benjamin, 369. 

Elizabeth, 367, 369. 



Champion, Joseph, 82, 185, 368. 

Mary, 311, 369. 

Matthew, 200, 366. 

Nathaniel, 368, 369. 

Peter, 64, 185, 368. 

Phcebe, 368. 

Robert, 368. 

Samuel, 36, 38, 46, 369. 

Sarah, 369. 

Thomas, 365, 368, 369, 
Champneys, Edward, 216. 
Charles L, King of England, 267, 

271. 
Charles H., 219, 271, 315, 341, 

380. 
Chapman, William, 257, 25S. 
Chattin, Mary, 19. 
Chaunders, Thomas, 146. 
Cheesman, Mary, 66, 375. 

Thomas, 276. 



428 



INDEX. 



Chew, Hannah, 45. 

Kesiah, 106. 

Patience, 106. 

Richard, 106. 
Child, Mrs. Maria, 116. 
Christianity, 224. 
Church at Swedesboro, 289. 
Ci.ARK, Ann, 91. 

Deborah, 369. 

Rachel, 247. 

Waher, 331. 

William, 132, 169, 369. 
Clarssen, Jan, 358. 
Clement, Ann, 274. 

Gregory, 267, 268, 269, 270, 
271. 

Jacob, 108, 246, 272, 273, 274, 

275- 

James, 52, 248, 271, 272, 273. 

Jane, 52, 271. 

John, 133, 273, 274. 

Joseph, 273. 

Mary, 253, 274. 

Mercy, 51, 273, 275. 

Nathaniel, 273. 

Rebecca, 310. 

Samuel, 59, 78, 220, 273, 274, 
310. 

Sarah, 248, 273, 274. 

Simeon, 272. 

Thomas, 273, 274. 

William, 271. 
Clemenz, Edward, 131, 275, 276. 

Benjamin, 276, 321. 

Ephraim, 276. 

Esther, 276. 

Hannali, 276. 

Juda, 276, 321. 

Mary, 276. 

Rachel, 276. 

Sarah, 276. 
Clews, William, 174. 

Cloud, , 342. 

Coaxes, Hannah, 92. 
Cobb, William, 289. 
CoFFiNG, Jacob, 145, 147. 
Collat, Jeremiah, 217. 
Collins, Francis, 20, 32, 68, 70, 72, 
73. 74, 75. 76, 78, 79, 80, 
81,82, 83, 95, 114, 140, 168, 
170,177, 182, 183,235,240, 
242, 249, 253, 257, 286, 289, 

290, 3i7> 3-0, 369- 
Abigail, 82. 
Benjamin, 78, 185. 



Collins, Catharine, 78, 79, 184, 274. 

Charles, 82, 185. 

Charity, 81. 

Edward, 71, 248. 

Elizabeth, 71, 76, 80, 81. 

Hannah, 82. 

Job, 82, 8^. 

John, 81, 82, 83. 

Joseph, 76, 78, 79. 

Joshua, 82. 

Lizzie, 81. 

Margaret, 76, 286, 290. 

Mary, 71, 80, 81, 82, 83, 369. 

Mercy, 82. 

Priscilla, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 
188, 240, 286. 

Rachel, 82, 185, 368. 

Rebecca, 76, 78, 79, 274. 

Samuel, 81, 82, 304, 368. 

Sarah, 56. 76, 78, 81, 82, 184. 

Susanna, 81. 

Sybilla, 81. 
COLLINGS, Richard, 20. 

Edward Z., 15, 17. 
Cole, Samuel, 147, 201, 202, 203, 
204, 205, 212, 220, 293, 294, 
307,308,310,327,330,333. 

Elizabeth, 203, 204, 212, 308. 

Joseph, 178, 204, 30S, y^i. 

Kendall, 204. 

Mary, 204, 235. 

Rachel, 204. 

Sarah, 203. 

Susanna, 204. 

Thomas, 82, 204, 244, 304. 
Coleman, Thomas, 326. 
CoNROW, Darling, 304. 
Cooper, William, 19, 39, 62, 63, 64, 
85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 
92, 93, 96, 97,98, 140, 141, 
147, 152,173, 185,201,212, 
226,310,322,342,343,347, 

369- 
Abigail, 95, 332. 
Ann, 91. 
Benjamin, 92, 97, 141, 146, 

147, 153, 175, 204, 243. 
Daniel, 52, 85, 92, 93, 94, 95, 

96, 97, 114, 226, 297, 332, 

342. 
David, 92, 120, 153. 
Elizabeth, 92, 141, 147. 
Hannah, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 

141, 212, 310. 
Isaac, 41, 92, 97, 147. 



INDEX. 



429 



COOPKR, James, 85, 91, 120, 147, 153, 

'311. l^l- 
John, 91, 97, 98, 120, 329. 
Joseph, 85, 92, 93, 97, 98, 120, 
129,130, 141,147,151,152, 
156, 168, 212, 310, 349. 
Lydia, 92, 310. 
Margaret, 85, 86. 
Mary, 64, 91, 93, 169. 
Richard, 236. 
Samuel, 96, 97, 147, 217. 
Sarah, 91, 92, 96. 
Cope Estate, 92. 
CORBIT, Sarah, 197. 
CoRNBURY, Lord, 39, 96, 175, 176, 
196, 272. 



CowpERTHWAiTE,John,i37, 204, 304. 
Cox, Abigail, 185. 

John, 92, 136, 185, 331. 

Lydia, 97. 

Samuel, 185. 

William, 185. 
CoxE, Daniel, 173, 174, 175, 223. 
Cresson, Caleb, 123. 

Joshua, 123. 
Crews, Eve, 89. 

Richard, 89. 
Cripps, John, 278, 279. 
Crispin, William, 317. 
Cromwell, Oliver, 315. 

Richard, 315. 
Ci;thberi, Joseph, 81. 



D 



Dagger, John, 24. 
Dalbo, Walla, 289. 
Daniels, Isabella, 220. 
Darkin, Richard, 18. 
Davenport, Abigail, 297. 

Francis, 18, 76, 177. 

Rebecca, 177. 
Davis, Amy, 133. 

David, 133, 321. 

Joseph, 263. 

Mercy, 137. 

Sarah, 152. 
Day, Humphrey, 210, 221. 

Jane, 210. 

Rebecca, 298. 

Stephen, 210. 
Deacon, George, 215. 

Mai7, 253. 
DeCosta, John, 65, 184, 373, 374. 
Decou, Isaac, 45. 



Dennis, Hannah, 141. 

Samuel, 380, 385. 

Sarah, 106, 220. 

Thomas, 155. 
Dent, Ann, 156. 

Hannah, 92, 93. 
Dimsdale, John, 77. 

Robert, 76, 78, 183. 

Sarah, 76, 77. 

William, 77. 
Dole, John, 149, 151. 

Joseph, 151. 

Hannah, 151. 

Mary, 151. 

Rebecca, 151. 

Sarah, 150, 151. 
DoNALSON, Arthur, 156. 
Duel, Phcebe, 247. 
DuFFiELD, Phoebe, 185. 
DuYRE, William, 189. 
Dylwyn, Ann, 185. 



Eastlack, John, 21, 61, 64, 65, 66, 

371. 372, 373. 374,375- 
Daniel, 66, 375. 
Elizabeth, 66, 141, 372, 375. 
Esther, 66, 375. 
Francis, 63, 371, 372. 
Hannah, 66, 375. 
Hepsibah, 63, 372. 



Eastlack, Isaac G., 317. 

Jemima, 372. 

Samuel, 66, 153, 374, 375. 

Sarah, 66, 141, 375. 
Edwards, Elizabeth, 382. 

Richard, 157. 

Samuel, 157. 

Sarah, 157. 



31 



43° 



INDEX. 



Eldridge, Enos, 311. 

Joseph, 50. 

Rebecca, 384. 
Elfreth, Joseph, 46. 
Elkinton, Amy, 136. 

Ann, 136. 

Elizabeth, 136. 

Francis, 13^. 

George, 79, 136. 

Joseph, 135. 
Ellis, Simeon, 51, 56, 69, 78, 168, 
180,182,183, 184,186,187, 

1 89, 290, 306, 368. 
Abigail, 185, 190, 306. 
Ann, 185, 368, 369. 
Benjamin, 189. 
Catharine, 185. 
Cassandra, 320, 324. 
Elizabeth, 180. 
Isaac, 189, 222. 
Jacob, 56, 108, 324. 
John, 189. 

Jonathan, 56, 184, 190. 
Joseph, 56, 69, 183, 184, 189, 

237> 304. 306. 
Josiah, 183. 
Kesiah, 190, 306. 
Mary, 184. 

Priscilla, 190, 304, 306. 
Rebecca, 222. 
Sarah, 56, 59, 183, 184, 189, 

190, 306. 

Thoriias, 56, 78, 180, 182, 184. 
William, 56, 180, 184, 185,189. 



Elmer, L. Q. C, 42. 
Elsinburg, II, 24. 
Emlen, Sarah, 185. 
Emley, William, 277. 
Engle, John, 221, 332. 

Elizabeth, 382. 

Hannah, 384. 

Mary, 384. 
Eriwonack, Fort, 311, 313. 
Ervin, George, 93. 

Sarah, 147. 
EsTAUGH, Elizabeth, 21, 2>}>^ 77, 84, 

109. 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 
123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 
132, i33> 134. 155.236, 246, 

336. 
James. 155. 
John, 29, 112, 113, 114, 116, 

117. 118, 120, 121, 128, 133, 
134,155,170,236,237. 

Mary, 155. 
Evans, Agnes, 212. 

Elizabeth, 169. 

John, 153, 220. 

Joshua, 81, 178. 

Josiah, 171, 228. 

Mary, 311. 

Nathaniel, 208. 

Thomas, 169. 
I William, 120, 169. 

Eves, Anna, 383. 

Thomas, 169. 



Fairman, Thomas, 89. 
Fairland, Catharine, 197. 

Mary, 197. 
Farr, Elias, 335. 

Fenwick, John, 11,48, 107, 213, 214, 
2"i9, 240, 272, 283,345,365, 
380. 
Fell, Margaret, 380. 
Fenimore, John, 79. 
Ferry License, 94, 96. 
Field, Benjamin, 175. 

Elizabeth, 273. 
Firman, Rachel, 233. 
FiSHBURN, William, 349. 
Fisher, John, 19, 146. 
Folwell, Ann, 147. 
Fortiner, Hope, 247. 



Forrest, Ann, 106, 149. 
Francis, 106. 
John, 106. 
Walter, 104, 106, 107, 149, 

152- 
Foster, Josiah, 1 20. 
Hannah, 311. 
Mary, 235, 236. 
William, 120. 
Fowler, Andrew, 209. 

Rennels, 133. 
Fox, George, 48, 57, 70, 84, 90, 128, 
135,168,205,247,294,315, 

33i> 356,359- 380. 
James, 18. 
Frame, Joshua, 51, 53. 
Frampton, William, 212. 



INDEX. 



431 



Franklin, Benjamin, 121, 237. 

Henry, 225, 366. 

John, 162. 
French, Hope, 177. 

Jemima, 179. 
Fretwell, Peter, 361. 
Friends' Meeting, Chester, (Moores- 
town), 318. 



Friends' Meeting, Burlington, 353, 

354- 
Friends' Meeting, Haddonfield, 119, 

120. 
FuRNASS, Henry, 217. 
FussEL, Barbara, 321. 



G 



Gabitas, Deborah, 151. 
Gardiner, Thomas, 17, 328, 336, 

353. 355. 356, 360, 362. 

Elizabeth, 363. 

Estlier, 356. 

Hannah, 363. 

Hored, 356. 

James, 198. 

John, 356. 

"Matthew, 356, 362. 

Peter, 356. 
Garwood, Joseph, 264. 

Daniel, 81. 

John, 383. 

Joshua, 151. 
Gaskill, Samuel, 81. 
Gerard, Mary, 157. 
Gibbs, Joshua, 321. 

Richard, 321. 
Gill, John, 33, 73,84, 120, 121, 127, 
128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 

133, 134, 135. 136, 138, 
152, 168, 190, 221, 237, 



245, 246, 257, 258, 
264, 276. 



261, 



Amy, 136, 137. 

Elizabeth, 136, 324. 

Hannah, 133, 137. 

Henry, 127. 

James, 248. 

Mary, 133, 134, 245. 

Mercy, 134. 

Sarah, 136. 

William, 136. 
Gillman, Robert, 218. 
GiLLOTT, Esther, 320. 
Gloucester, county of, 27, 75, 92, 

138. 

Gloucester and Burlington counties, 
line of, 32, T,i, 203. 



Glover, Isaac, 247. 

Jacob, 247. 

John, 120, 153, 245,246,247. 

Joseph, 153, 247. 

Mary, 247. 

Rachel, 247. 

Richard, 247. 

Samuel, 246, 247. 

Sarah, 246, 247. 

Thomas, 247. 

William, 247. 
Goldsmith, George, 24, 25, 26, 49, 

61, 65, 67, 69, 70, 342. 
GooDEN, Isaac, 29. 
Gordon, Thomas, 180. 
GoSLiN, John, 80, 353, 369. 
GrannA, Robert, 217. 
Gray, Ann, 320. 

Esther, 320. 

Richard, 73, 320. 
Graysbury, James, 50, 159, 160, 161, 
162, 163. 

Abigail, 163. 

Ann, 160, 162. 

Benjamin, 159, 160, 161, 162, 
163. 

Elizabeth, 160. 

Joseph, 159, 160, 161, 162. 

Margaret, 160. 

Mary, 160, 162, 163. 
Green, Elizabeth, 303. 
Gregory, Mary Ann, 176. 
Griscom, Andrew, 149, 151, 152, 217. 

Mary, 152. 

Samuel, 152. 

Sarah, 149, 15 1. 

Tobias, 151, 152. 

William, 152. 

GuANT, , 197. 

Guy, Richard, 215, 216, 353. 



432 



INDEX, 



H 



Haddon, Elizabeth, in, 112, 113, 
114, 116. 
John, 65, no, 112, 113, 115, 
118, 120, 121, 127, 128, 130, 
134, 236, 282, 335, 373. 
Sarah, 112. 
Haddonfield, Old and New, 74, 77, 
80, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 

125,133.134,135.136,137, 
142,170,171,173,177,335. 
Haines, Amos, 19. 

Ann, 81, 303. 

Carlisle, 235. 

Daniel, 79. 

Elizabeth, 82, 147. 

Jacob, 276, 321. 

Jonathan, 235. 

Mary, 235, 236, 384. 

Phcebe, 320. 

Rebecca, 235, 236. 

Ruth, 133. 

Samuel, 304. 

Solomon, 82. 
Hall, Clement, 274. 

Martha, 35. 

Nathaniel, 274. 

Sarah, 274. 

William, 273, 274. 
Hallow AY, Tobias, 36, 152, 368. 
Hallowell, John, 35, 36. 
Hamel, John, 359. 
Hamilton, Andrew, 351. 
Hammond, Rebecca, 16. 
Hampton, Rhoda Ann, 282. 

Rose, 106. 
Hanna, Peter, 247. 
Hancock, Godfrey, 358. 

Mary, 233, '235. 

Susannah, 152. 

Timothy, 169, 202, 233, 234, 
318. 
Hardiman, Hannah, 349. 
Harper, Josiah, 329. 
Harrison, Abigail, 157, 243. 

Ann, 273. 

Ellen, 70. 

Joseph, 188, 209, 274. 

Rebecca, 209. 

Samuel 157, 243, 273. 

Thomas, 269, 270. 

William, 145, 173, 245. 
Harry, William, 52. 



Hartley, Bathsaba, 19. 

James, 247. 

Rebecca, 19, 177. 

Roger, 19, 20. 
Hatkinson, John, 244. 
Hatten New Garden, 132. 
Heath, Levi, 209. 
Hedger, Ann, 78. 
Helmsley, Joseph, 277. 
Hempstead, 19. 
Henry, David, 106. 

Sarah, 106. 
Heppard, Thomas, 20. 
HeritA(;e, Benjamin, 133. 

Hannah, 133. 

John, 132, 133. 

Joseph, 132, 133, 318. 

Maty, 132, 133, 169. 

Naomi, 132. 

Richard, 132, 133, 235, 236, 

245- 

Sarah, 132. 
Heulings, Abigail, 320. 

Abraham, 178. 

Batheuel, 185, 369. 

Joseph, 178, 1,12,. 

Martha, 157. 

Theodocia, 384. 

William, 205. 
Hewitt, Ann, 369. 
Hibbard, Samuel, 199. 
HiGBEE, Daniel, 209. 
HiGGS, William, 128. 
Hill, Elizabeth, 154. 
Hillman, John, 53, 221, 229, 257, 
258, 260, 261, 264. 

Abel, 55. 

Abigail, 137, 258. 

Ann, 258. 

Aquilla, 305, 385. 

Daniel, 137, 221, 25S, 261, 
263, 264, 265, 303. 

Drusilla, 261. 

Elizabeth, 261. 

James, 261, 264. 

Joab, 261. ■ 

Joseph, 258, 260, 264. 

Josiah, 261. 

Letitia, 261. 

Margaret, 258. 

Samuel, 261, 264. 

Seth, 264. 



INDEX. 



433 



HiNCHMAN, J(jhll, 52, 77, 80, 156, 
161, 178, 239, 240, 241, 242, 
243. 244, 246, 24S, 273, 289. 

Abigail, 156, 243. 

Amy, 244, 304. 

Ann, 243. 

Deborah, 248. 

Edward, 240. 

Elizabeth, 244. 

Emily, 248. 

Hannah, 244, 248. 

Isaac, 244. 

Jacob, 243, 244. 

James, 77, 145, 239, 243, 244, 

3"- 

Jane, 243. 

Joseph, 77, 243, 244, 247, 248, 
280. 

Letitia, 243. 

Mary 239, 244, 248. 

Mercy, 239. 

Miriam, 239, 243. 

Robert, 239. 

Sarah, 239, 243, 248, 273. 

Thomas, 142, 239, 248. 

William, 248. 
Hoffman, Frederick, 11, 289. 
Holmes, Thomas, 41. 
HoLLiNGSHEAij, Edmund, 212, 310, 

311- 

Hannah, 311. 

John, 120, 311. 

Joseph, 311. 

Lydia, 311. 

Mary, 56, 1S4, 311. 

Morgan, 311. 

Samuel, 311. 

Sarah, 311. 
HoLLiNGSHAM, Catharine, 35. 

Isaac, 61, 69, 184, 342. 
HOOTEN, Sarah, 19. 

Thomas, 301, 302. 

William, 97. 
Hopewell, Elizabeth, 147, 220. 
Hopkins, Ann, 123. 

Benjamin, 112, 121, 128. 

Ebenezer, 21, 73, 108, 122, 
123, 124, 130, 374. 

Elizabeth, 123. 

Haddon, 123. 

John E.^ 73, 120, 123, 153, 
^20. 



Hopkins, Mary, 123. 

Sarah, 121, 123, 128. 
William E., 311. 

HORSLYDOWN, IIO, I9I. 

Horner, Bartholomew, 131. 

Deliverance, 303, 304. 

Hannah, 46, 235. 

Isaac, 131, 179. 

Jacob, 82, 131. 

Lemuel, 297. 

Nathan, 131. 
HosKiNS, Ann, 349. 
HoWELL, Thomas, 223, 224, 225, 226, 

367- 

Catharine, 225, 226. 

Daniel, 224, 225, 226, 227, 
228. 

Jacob, 93. 

Marion, 225, 226. 

Mordecai, 224, 225, 226, 227, 
228, 246. 

Priscilla, 225. 

Samuel, 225. 

Zophar, 263. 
HOWLE, Mary, 327. 
Hudson, John, 303. 

Mary, 92. 
HuDDLESTON, Catharine, 76. 
HUGG, John, 18, 45, 76, 79, 80, 240, 
242, 2S3, 284, 285, 286, 288. 

Charles, 287. 

Elias, 76, 183, 286, 289, 290. 

Gabriel, 289. 

Hannah, 289. 

Jacob, 289. 

Joseph, 178, 287, 289, 290, 
291. 

Margaret, 80, 183, 290. 

Mary, 2S9. 

Patience, 66, 375. 

Priscilla, 79, 80, 240, 289. 

Samuel, 81, 83, 291. 

Sarah, 133, 289. 

William, 285. 
Hughes, Caleb, 190, 306. 

Humphrey, 299. 

Judith, 299. 
Humphreys. Joshua, 231. 
Hunt, Robert, 178, 333. 
Hunter, Robert, 173, 175. 
Hurley, James S., 162. 
Hutchinson, George, 180, 326, 336. 



33 



434 



INDEX. 



Ingledon, Blackinstone, 145. 
Ingeksoll, Daniel, 151. 
Inskeep, John, 109, 265. 
Isle of Man, 150. 



Ives, William, 144, 145. 
IVERSON, John, 69. 
IviNS, Margaret, 69. 



Jacobs, Henry, 358. 

Isaac, 217. 
Jarvis, Martin, 147, 370. 
Jenkins, Josiah, 259. 
Jenney, Robert, 207, 208. 

Thomas, 41. 
Jennings, Deborah, 320, 323. 

Henry, 215, 287, 323. 

Isaac, 287, 323. 

Jacob, 108, 178, 264. 

Mary, 287. 



Jennings, Samuel, 40, 74, 98, 183 
218, 309, 346, 347, 353. 

Sarah, 287. 

William, 287. 
Jessup, Mary, 151. 
Johnson, Henry, 225, 226, 252. 
Jones, Agnes, '3x0. 

John, 269. 

Joseph, 46. 
Joosten, John, 359. 
JORISSEN, Cornelius, 358. 



K 



Kaighn, John, 104, 107, 149, 150, 
151,152,153,154,156,157, 
190, 243. 

Abigail, 157. 

Amos, 170. 

Ann, 149, 156. 

Charles, 150. 

Elizabeth, 154, 156, 157. 

Ellen, 150. 

Isaac, 156. 

James, 156. 

Jane, 150. 

Joseph, 120, 153, 154, 155, 

156, 157- 

Mary, 156. 

Prudence, 156. 

Samuel, 157. 

William, 156. 
Kain, Charity, 81, 249. 

Charles, 81. 

Sarah, 249. 

William, 249. 
Kay, John, 26, 56, 64, 91, 152, 167, 
168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 
174, 175,176,177,183,184, 

234, 244, 303. ZZ'^- 



Kay, Ann, 178. 

Benjamin, 177. 

Elizabeth, 169, 179. 

Francis, 177, 179. 

Garvis, 167, 168. 

Hope, 178. 

Isaac, 163, 176, 177, 178, 179. 

Joseph, 177, 178, 179. 

Josiah, 176, 177, 179. 

Mary, 176, 178, 332. 

Mathias, 177. 

Rebecca, 178. 

Sarah, 176, 179. 

William, 177, 254. 
Keith, George, 63, 205, 206, 209, 

217, 218, 381. 
Kelly, Richard, 160. 
Kendall, Mary, 82, 203. 

Thomas, 82, 131, 17 1, 203, 
228. 
Kent, Ishmael, 81. 
Kirlee, John, 164. 

Joseph, 164. 
KiNSEY, John, 173. 
Knapton, Benjamin, 216. 
Knight, Edward C, 184. 



INDEX. 



435 



Laconf.y, James, 329. 
Ladd, Hannah, 29. 

John, 142, r43, 144, 145, 291, 
328, 329. 

Samuel, 347. 

Sarah, 142, 143, 145. 
Lakin, Hannah, 225. 

Moses, 227. 
Lamb, Sarah, 321. 
Langstone, Sarah, 176. 
Lane, Daniel, 150. 
Large, Ebenezer, 77. 
Laurie, Gawen, 344. 
Leaming, Aaron, 299. 

Christopher, 299. 

Deborah, 299. 
Lee, George, 306. 

Mary, 235. 
Leeds, Daniel, 24, 60. 
LiPPiNCOTT, Aaron, 198, 383, 384. 

Abigail, 53, 378, 380, 381, 
382, 384, 385- 

Ann, 382. 

Asa, 244. 

Benjamin, 383. 

Caleb, 383, 385. 

Charles, 385. 

Deborah, 382. 

Elizabeth, 53, 382. 

Esther, 384. 

Freedom, 53, 380, 383, 3S4, 

385. 
Grace, 382. 
Hannah, 382. 
Henry, 378. 
Hinchman, 259. 
Hope, 382. 

Increase, 379, 380, 385. 
, Isaac, 383, 384, 385. 

Jacob, 52, 379, 380, 382, 383, 

384. 
James, 377, 382, 383. 



LiPPiNCOTT, John, 136, 378, 380, 382, 

385. 

Joseph, 53, 382. 

Joshua, 53, 383, 385. 

Judith, 303, 384. 

Margaret, 382. 

Mary, 204, 298, 382, 384. 

Mercy, 53, 384. 

Nathan, 303, 385. 

Nathaniel, 120, 153, 384. 

Patience, 384. 

Phoebe, 384. 

Preserved, 380, 382. 

Rachel, 382. 

Rebecca, 382. 

Rememberance, 378, 380, 381, 
382. 

Restore, 379, 380, 383. 

Richard, 378, 380, 381, 382, 
383, 385. 

Robert, 378, 382. 

Ruth, 382. 

Samuel, 53, 382, 383, 384, 385. 

Sarah, 382. 

Seth, 385. 

Solomon, 385. 

Thomas, 384, 385. 

William, 382. 
Lloyd, David, 212, 309. 

Thomas, 309. 
London Commissioners, 12, 87. 
Long Harris's Creek, 329. 
Lord, Alice, 221, 332. 

James, 120, 122. 

John, 198. 

Joshua, 120, 153, 328, 330. 

Sarah, 122. 
LOVEJOY, William, 131, 132, 171, 

335> 336. 
Lowe, Joseph, 140, 161, 264. 
Lucas, Nicholas, 76. 
LuR'i IN, Thomas, 24, 67. 



M 



Macelis, Jurirus, 358. 
Maddox, John, 215. 
Marlow, Gregoi7, 232. 
Marsh, Mary, 197, 199. 
Martin, Daniel, 160. 
John, 317, 



Mason, Hannah, 156. 

William H., 317. 
Mathews, Hannah, 336, 356. 

Richard, 65, 112, 118, 120, 

Thomas, 328, 336, 373. 



436 



INDEX. 



Matlack, William, 202, 231, 
234,235,236,237,261, 
Abigail, 304. 
Amy, 189. 

Asa, 206, 209, 237, 320. 
Benjamin, 236. 
George, 130, 235, 236. 
Jane, 235. 

John, 162, 235, 237, 253. 
Kesiah, 133. 
Letitia, 141, 248. 
Lydia, 162. 
Mary, 235. 
Rebecca, 311. 
Richard, 178, 235, 236, 

Samuel, 318. 

Sarah, 235. 

Timothy, 120, 130, 136, 
235,236,237,248,261, 
Mayham, Sarah, 71. 
Medcalf, Hannah, 104. 

Jacob, 155. 
Mew, Noel, 169. 

Richard, 72, 169. 
MiCKLE, Archibald, 139, 140, 

145, 147, 321, 349- 
Daniel, 141, 145. 
Kli/abeth, 97. 
Hannah, 97, 142. 
Isaac, 16, 27, 28, 140, 

147,148, 190,306,313, 

366. 
Jacob, 145, 375. 
James, 66, 141, 145, 147, 
John, 91, 120, 123, 141, 
Joseph, 141, 147, 156, 

372, 375- 
Letitia, 248. 
Mary, 141. 

Rachel, 92, 141, 145, 146, 
Samuel, 92, 123, 141, 142, 
Sarah. 123, 141, 145, 156, 



232, 
318. 



237. 



142, 

275, 



141, 



141, 

321, 



375- 
259- 
324, 



375- 
157- 
247. 



MicKLE, William, 123, 141. 
MiDDLETON, Deborah, 321. 

Mercy, 3S4. 

Thomas, 221. 
Miller, Henry, 209. 

Mark, 137. 

Thomas, 280. 

William, 212, 275, 310. 
Montgomery, Robert, 280, 281, 282. 

Sarah, 280, 281. 

Thomas, 282. 
Moody, Deborah, 294, 
Moore, Aaron, 82. 

Benjamin, 81, 303. 

Elizabeth, 81. 
Morgan," Griffith, 212, 307, 308, 309, 
310, 311, 313. 

Agnes, 311. 

Alexander, 92, 204, 212, 309, 
310, 311. 

Ann, 311. 

Benjamin, 212, 217, 310,311. 

Daniel, 235. 

Elizabeth, 212, 310, 311, 

Hannah, 310, 31 1. 

Isaac, 310, 311. 

Jane, 311. 

Jonathan, 162. 

Joseph, 212, 310, 311. 

Lydia, 212, 310. 

Mary, 212, 310, 311. 

Rachel, 310. 

Rebecca, 311. 

Sarah, 212, 310, 311, 321. 
Morris, Ann, 129. 

Anthony, 18. 

John, 309. 

Robert, 236. 
Morion, Ann, 162. 
MouNTWELL, 73, 74, 78, 79, 84, 114, 
Mullen, Isaac, 82. 
MULOCK, James, 82, 187, 188. 
MuRRELL, Samuel, 185, 368. 



N 



Nassau, Fort, 285, 286. 

Nevill, James, 215. 

Newton, 9, ii, 16, 24, 66, 74, 84, 

87, 89, 92, 103, 115, 170. 
Newbie, Mark, 24, 25, 37, 38, 39, 

40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 49, 61, 

62, 64, 90, 332. 
Edward, 41, 45. 349' 



Newbie, Elizabeth, 289, 332. 

Gabriel, 41, 45, 375. 

Hannah, 40, 45, 64, 332. 

John, 41, 45. 

Nathan, 41, 45. 

Rachel, 45. 

Stephen, 38, 45, 64, 68, 332. 
Newbold, Letitia, 90. 



INDEX. 



43 7 



Newcomb, John 326. 
Newberry, Benjamin, 331. 

Hasker, 132. 
Nicholson, Samuel, 77, 137, 213, 
215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 
222, 319, 320, 332. 

Abel, 153, 213, 219, 220, 221, 
222, 323. 

Abigail, 221, 261. 

Ann, 213, 216, 219, 220. 

Elizabeth, 213, 219. 

George, 90, 221, 222, 332. 

Grace, 222. 

Hannah, 97, 221, 222, 261. 

Isabella, 220. 

James, 332. 

John, 220. 



Nicholson, Joseph, 213, 219, 220, 
22i,"222, 319, 332. 

Marj', 220. 

Mercy, 222. 

Parabol, 213, 219. 

Rachel, 220. 

Rebecca, 323. 

Ruth, 220. 

Sarah, 220, 221, 319. 

William, 220. 
Noble, Richard, 231. 
Norris, Elizabeth, 178. 

Isaac, 18, 212, 309. 

James, 176, 178. 

Samuel, 151. 

Sarah, 177, 179, 186, 244, 275. 



o 



Olive, Thomas, 44, go, 232, 277, 
302, 383. 



Owen, Martha, 382. 



Paine, Elizabeth, 35. 
Parker, Ann, 64. 

' 179- 

Parr, Hannah, 324. 

James, 324. 

John, 324. 

Maiy, 324. 

Samuel, 320. 
Parnell, Mary, 326. 
Parrock, James, 369. 
Pearson, Hannah, 363. 

Isaac, 152, 363. 

Sarah, 90. 
Peake, Edmund, 384. 
Pellor, Mary, 332. 
Penisaukin creek, 12, ^t,, 82. 
Penn, WiUiam, 11, 13, 37, 48, 49, 
76, 89, 90, 98, 102, 112, 
137, 139, 143, 155, 171, 
225, 234, 240, 271, 290, 
301, 303, 309, 339, 340, 
341, 342, 345, 347, 367. 
Pennington, John, 313. 
Penrose, John, 217. 
Penton, William, 215, 
Penford, John, 277. 
Perkins, Widow, 87. 
Peterson, Priscilla, 189. 

Wallo, 289. 



Philadelphia, 84, 143. 
Philips, Robert, 159. 
Pidceon, Joseph, 342, 343. 

Maiy, 343. 
Pierce, Nicholas, 217. 
Pine, Benjamin, 321. 

Mary, 321. 
Plantagenet, Beauchamp, 312. 
Ployden, Sir Edmund, 311,312,313. 
Porter, Abraham, 198, 259, 260. 
Potts, Judith, 35. 
Potter, Phcebe, 321. 

Sarah, 298. 

Thomas, 247. 
Powell, Arthur, 19, 141, 146. 

James, 146. 

Margarett, 146. 

Mar}% 146. 

Rachel, 146. 

Richard, 146. 
Preston, Hannah, 349. 
Pritchett, Diana, 81. 

Josiah, 137. 

Sarah, 137. 
Price, Robert Friend, 81, 187, 188. 
Pussey, Samuel, 209. 
Pyne Point, 86, 88, 89, 91, 96. 
Pyle, Elizabeth, 273. 

Thomas, 273. 



438 



INDEX. 



R 



Rakestraw, Grace, 19. 
Randolph, John, 54. 
Raper, Joshua, 92. 

Sarah, 97. 
Rawle, Benjamain, 343. 

Elizabeth, 343. 

Francis, 342, 343. 

Jane, 343. 

John, 343. 

Joseph, 343. 

Martha, 343. 

Mary, 96, 342. 

Rebecca, 343. 

Robert, 343. 

William, 313, 343. 
Reading, John, 29. 95, 143, 245, 

290, 291. 
Read, Charles, 145. . 
Redman, Hannah, 137. 

John, 137. 

Mary, 137. 

Thomas, 133, 137, 13S. 
Redfield, John, 286. 
Reeves, Abraham, 46. 

Joseph, 311. 
Richards, Jeremiah, 202. 

Benjamin, 373. 



Richardson, John, 113, 114. 
Ridgway, Catharine, 197. 

Jeremiah, 50. 

Joseph, 247. 

Sarah, 311. 
RiGGS, Lydia, 92. 
RiGGiNS, Israel, 236. 
Risdon, George T., 82. 

Turner, 382. 
Robinson, Richard, 69. 
Roberts, Enoch, 204. 

Jacob, 136. 

Jane, 212, 310. 

John, 133, 142, 234,258,318, 

384. 
Kesiah, 106. 
Mary, 258. 
Samuel, 226. 
Sarah, 318. 
Robeson, Andrew, 95, 106. 

ROTHERHITHE, IIO, II3. 

RoYDOiX, Robert, 89. 

William, 12, 88, 94, 95, 290, 

347- 
RuDDEROW, Abigail, 206, 209. 
John, 206. 
William. 206, 



s 



Saint, Rebecca, 221, 332. 
Salem, 12, 24, 116, 170, 198. 
Salter, Ann, 215. 
Saterthwaite, Joseph, 104, 311, 
Saunders, Hannah, 147. 
Saxby, Esther, 296. 
Scott, Benjamin, 277. 

John, 76. 

Thomas, 269, 270. 
Scroop, Adrian, 269. 
Scull, Daniel, 258. 

Jasper, 382. 

John, 151. 

Mary, 382. 
Shable, Thomas, 75, 170. 
Shackomaxin, 13, 89, 354, 367. 
Shattocks, Hannah, 382. 

James, 217. 
Shelter, The, 328. 



Sharp, Thomas, 11, 13, 18,23,25, 
26, 27, 28, 29, 1,1, 34, 35, 
38, 39. 49v 58, 61, 65, 67, 
68, 70, 73. 74. 115. "9. 
129, 141, 145, 152, 162, 
191, 192, 194, 217, 242, 
253, 290, 304, 342, 373, 

375- 
Anthony, 23, 25, 59, 1 91. 
Elizabeth, 35, 162. 
Hugh, 319. 
Isaac, 35. 
John, 35. 
Joseph, 35. 
Mary, 35. 

Samuel, 35, 36, 162, 197. 
Sarah, 35. 

William, 263, 264, 372. 
Shinn, Anna, 254. 
John, 76. 



INDEX. 



43 9 



Shippen, Edward, i8. 
Shivers, John, 251, 252, 253, 255, 
261, 368. 

Hannah, 253. 

Josiah, 253. 

Latitia, 162. 

Mary, 189, 253. 

Richard, 253. 

Samuel, 21, 155, 253, 254. 

Sarah, 252. 
SiDDON, Ezekiel, 141, 145. 

Jane, 65. 
Sleight, Joseph, 49. 
Slocum, Sarah, 132. 
Sloan, Joseph, 153. 

James, 153. 
Smallwood, Thomas, 373. 
Smart, Nathan, 215. 
Smith, Anna, 136. 

Barbara, 178. 

Daniel, 81. 

Elizabeth, 35, 243, 244. 

Francis, 91. 

George, 331. 

Isaac, 178. 

Mary, 178. 

Nicholas, 69. 

Rebecca, 97. 

Richard, 77. 

Robert, 197. 

Samuel, 79, 86, iSo, 232,353. 

Sarah, 178. 

Thomas, 69. 

Joseph Few, 161, 162. 
Snowdon, Christopher, 327. 
SoMERS, Hannah, 151. 

Richard, 151. 
SouTHWicK, James, 80. 

Josiah, 76, 80. 

Meam, 80, 259. 

Ruth, 80. 
Sparks, Henry, 144. 

Spencer, , 321. 

Spearman, Thomas, 140. 
Spey, John, 290. 

Spicer, Samuel, 91, 95, 202, 293, 
294, 296, 297, 298. 

Abigail, 207, 297. 

Abraham, 297. 

Esther, 95, 235, 293, 294. 

Jacob, 294, 297, 298, 299. 

Martha, 297. 

Maiy, 51, 297. 

Michel, 293. 

Rebecca, 206. 

Sarah, 95, 297. 



Spicer, Thomas, 206, 293, 294, 297, 

298. 
Spicer' s Ferry. 295. 
SpraGUE, Caleb, 77, 161. 

Samuel, 209. 
Springwell, 182. 
Squibb, Robert, 337. 
Stalles, Alice, 75. 
Stanton, Daniel, 297. 
Stanley, Elizabeth, 302. 
Stafford, Joseph C., 130. 

John, 83. 
Stamper, Francis, 113. 
Starkey, Ruth, 82. 

Thomas, 25, 26, 66, 67. 
Starr, Jesse W., 245. 
Stacy, Elizabeth, 280. 

Henry, 202, 277, 278, 279, 
280, 281. 

Mahlon, 228. 

Mary, 280. 

Robert, 277. 

Samuel, 280. 

Sarah, 280, 281. 
Stevens, Robert, 156. 
St. Mary's church, Colestown, 205. 
Stiles, Ephraim, 226, 384. 

Isaac, 247. 

Mary, 247. 

Priscilla, 226. 

Robert, 184, 225, 226, 321. 
Stoy, James, 373. 

John, 65. 

Joseph C, 73, 320. 
Story, Thomas, 235. 
Stockdale, Jarvis, 104, 106. 

Mary, 141. 
Stokes, Thomas, 120, 301, 302, 303, 

304, 305- 

Charles, 303. 

Deliverance, 304. 

Hannah, 123, 204, 304. 

Jacob, 190, 304, 306. 

John, 185, 301, 302, 303, 304, 

306, 368. 
Joseph, 303, 311, 384. 
Joshua, 120, 123, 152, 244, 

304, 305- 
Kesiah, 304. 
Lydia, 304. 
Mary, 303, 31 1. 
Rachel,- 304. 
Rosanna, 82, 304, 368. 
Samuel, 244, 368. 
Sarah, 303. 
Strand, Abraham, 219. 



440 



INDEX. 



Stratton, David, 136. 
Sturgeon, William, 208. 
Sturgiss, Anthony, 252, 253. 

SURKETT, John, 91. 

SwANSON, Bridget, 329. 
Catharine, 329. 
John, 329. 
Judith, 329. 



SwANSON, Lydia, 329. 

Mary, 329. 

Peter, 329. 

Swan, 329. 

Wallo, 329. 
SWEDESBORO church, 289. 
SwETT, Benjamin, 93, 130. 
Sykes, Nathaniel, 217. 



T 



• Tallman, , 185. 

Tatem, Josepli B., 221. 

Sarah, 254. 

William P., 184. 
Tathan, John, 76. 
Taylor, Anthony, 217. 

Samuel, 142. 
Thackara, Thomas, 12, 17, 24, 25, 
45, 49, 52, 57, 58, 60, 61, 
62, 63, 64, 65,66, 153,296, 

317. 372, 374- 
Abigail, '46. 
Ann, 46. 
Benjamin, 45, 46, 61, 64, 65, 

91, 152, 169, 368. 
Christopher, 57. 
Daniel, 57. 
Elizabeth, 46. 
Hannah, 46, 57, 64, 65, 97, 

368. 
Hepsibah, 64. 
Isaac, 46. 
Jacob, 45, 46. 
James, 45, 62. 
Joseph, 45, 61, 62, 64, 65, 

332. 
Margaret, 46. 
Mark, 46. 
Mary, 46, 64, 97. 
Rachel, 46. 
Richard, 296. 
Sarah, 64, 372, 375. 
Stephen, 45, 61, 65. 
William, 46, 65. 
Thomas, Gabriel, 226, 279, 285, 373. 
Hannah, 82. 
Jonathalr, 204. 
Mercy, 82. 
Samuel, 82. 
Thompson, Ann, 179. 
John, 216. 
Peter, 247. 
Thorne, Abigail, 245. 
Elizabeth, 245. 



Thorne, Hannah, 245. 

John, 133, 243, 245, 246, 247. 

Joseph, 52, 229, 246, 275. 

Mary, 245. 

Samuel, 246. 

Sarah, 245, 320. 

Thomas, 243, 244, 245, 246^ 

321. 

William, 246. 
TiLTON, Esther, 293. 
^ John, 293. 

Mary, 293. 
TiLY, Nathaniel, 274. 

Elizabeth, 274. 

Mary, 274. 
TiNDAi.i., Joseph, 317. 

Sarah, 133. 
Todd, William, 236. 
Toms, William, 102. 
ToMLlNSON, Joseph, 120, 191, 192, 
193. 194, 19s. 197. 200, 
321- 

Ann, 197. 

Catharine, 198. 

Daniel, 199. 

Ebenezer, 197. 

Eleanor, 108, 198. 

Elizabeth, 197, 198. 

Ephraim, 120, 197, 198, 236, 

259- 

Hannah, 198. 

Isaac, 198. 

John, 162, 197, 198, 200, 366. 

Joseph, 197, 198. 

Lydia, 321. 

Margaret, 197. 

Maiy, 197, 198, 199. 

Othniel, 197, 199. 

Richard, 197. 

Samuel, 198, 199. 

William, 197, 198, 199. 
Tonkins, Edward, 204. 
TowNSEND, Isaac, 108. 
Toy, Elias, 52, 178, 210, 333. 



INDEX. 



441 



Trafford, Thomas, 48. 

Trent, William, 228. 

Tredway, Hemy, 228, 328. 

Troth, Jacob, 224. 

Tuft, John, 46. 

Turner, Robert, 13, 26, 38, 49, 50, 
54, 57, 58, 59, 67, 68, 69, 
107, 140, 146, 147, 150, 
159, 161, 316, 339, 340, 
342, 343, 349, 350- 



Turner, Edward, 342. 
George, 245. 
John, 221. 

Martha, 342. 
Mary, 342. 
Susanna, 342. 
Tyler, Mary, 219. 
. William, 219. 



Upper Dmidock, 360. 



u 



UXBRIDGE, 131, 132, 229. 



Vanlear, Benjamin, 190, 306. 



V 



Varlo, Charles, 313. 



w 



Wade, Edward, 215. 

John, 209. 

Lydia, 197. 
Wallace, Philip, 209. 

Mary, 209. 
Wall, James, 52. 
Ward, Abigail, 82, 369. 

George, 328. 
Warner, William, 162, 328, 329. 
Warrick, Beulah, 163. 
Watkins, Christopher, 95. 
Watts, Sarah, 140. 
Webster, Josiah, 153. 

Samuel, 108, 120, 153. 

Thomas, 259. 
Welch, William, 342. 
West New Jersey Society, 139, 174. 
West, Deborah, 347. 
Wharton, John, 93. 

Traa, 93. 
Whitall, Hannah, 65, 372, 375. 

James, 19, 21, 362. 

Job, 65, 136. 

John, 61, 64, 65, 66, 282, 374, 

375- 

Mary, 65. 

Sarah, 133. 
White, John, 17, 18, 373. 

Joseph, 15, 18. 

William, 18. 
WiCKACO, 329. 

34 



Wild, Elizabeth, 204. 

James, 203, 204, 244, 310. 

John, 204. 

Jonathan, 204. 

Rachel, 204, 310. 

Samuel, 204. 

Sarah, 204. 
WiLDON, Richard, 291. 
WiLKiNS, Arsuba, 1 9. 

John, 235. 
Willard, Abigail, 298. 

Hemy, 332. 

James, 332. 

Judith, 332. 

Thomas, 332. 
Willis, Esther, 104. 

Henry, 19, 104. 

John. 112, 115, 130, 161, 163, 
164, 304. 

Thomas, 112, 1 15, 130. 
WiLLiTS, Charles L., 241, 243. 

Jeremiah, 77, 244. 

Nathan B., 243. 
Wills, Daniel, 79, 91, 203, 231, 232, 

277- 
Elizabeth, 97,' 384. 
Hope, 384. 
James, 169. 
Joab, 136. 
John, 91, 356. 
Rebecca, 197. 



44^ 



INDEX. 



Wills, Thoma!^, 384. 

Wilson, Jonathan, 280. 

Winn, Elizabeth, 35. 

WiSTAR, Richard, 198. 

Withers, Thomas, 217. 

Wood, Abigail, 94, 178, 332, 111. 

Alice, 330. 

Benjamin, 169, 176, 178,332, 

' 333- 

Gmstantine, 120, 327, 328, 

icP- 

Elizabeth, 45, 178, 332, m. 

Esther, 326, 330. 

Hannah, 94, 178, 332,333. 

Henry, 32, 65, 91, 94, 202, 
219, 220, 294, 297, 327, 
328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 

Hi- 
Isaac, 1 18. 

James, 220, 221, 332. 
Jane, 333. 
Jeremiah, 327, 328. 
John, 65, 95, 326, 327, 328, 

329> 33O' Ti})?)- 
Jonathan, 327. 
Joseph, 194. 316, 329, 330. 
Judith, 332, y^z- 
Mary, 178, 204, 326, 330, m. 



Wood, Richard, 332. 

Sarah, 326, 330. 

Thomas, 326. 

William, 326, 328. 
WOODNUTT, Richard, 218. 
WooDROSE, Thomas. 216. 
WoOLSTAN, Elizabeth, 91. 

Hannah, 90, 91. 

John, 87, 90, 91. 

Jonathan, 90, 91, 97. 

Joshua, 91. 

Tatitia, 244. 

Mary, 90, 

Michael, 91. 

Rebecca, 91. 

Samuel, 90, 97. 

Sarah, 90. 
Wright, Constance, 370. 

Hannah, 370. 

John, 252, 367, 370, 373. 

Rachel, 303, 304. 

Richard, 225, 367, 370. 

Sarah, 370. 

Thomas, 64. 358, 359. 
Wyatt, Bartholemew, 197, 198, 220. 

Elizabeth, 197, 198. 

Sarah, iqS. 



Yegou, Peter, 358, 359. 
Yegou's Island, Burlington, 359. 



Yorkshire Commissioners, 12, 87. 
Young, Henry, 299. 



Zane, Rc)l)ert, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 
17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 49, 
59, 60, 61, 146, 215, 216, 
284.' 

Abigail, 19. 

Ebene/.er, 19, 21. 

Elizabeth, 19. 

Elnathan, 19, 146. 

Esther, 19, 20. 

Hannah, 19. 

Isaac, 19, 21, 22. 



Zane, Jonathan, 19, 21, 52. 
Joseph, 19, 20. 
Margaret, 19. 
Nathaniel, 19, 20. 
Rachel, 19. 
Rebecca, 19. 
Sarah, 19. 
Silas, 21. 
Simeon, 19. 
William, 19. 



CORRECTIONS, 



Page 73, second paragraph; for "south," read "north." Page 89, second 
paragraph; for "lead," read "led." Page no, foot-note; omit "O. S. G." 
after 458. Page 161, last paragraph ; for "Low," read "Lowe." Page 170; 
for "Shackle," read "Shable." Page 184, last paragraph; for "being for- 
merly," read "and." Page 202; in foot-notes 5 and 7, read "Bi," &c. 
Page 213, first paragraph; transpose the words "Griffith" and "Griffin." 
Page 226, first paragraph; for "saw-mill," read "corn-mill." Page 253, near 
the top; for "saw -mill," read "corn-mill." Page 303, near the bottom; 
insert the word "by" between "owned" and "Mark Ballinger." Page 304, 
top line; for "south side by," read "north by the south side of." Page 345, 
last line; for "thus," i-ead "then." Page 357, near the bottom; for "here- 
tofore," i^ead "hereafter." Page 384, third paragraph, seventh line; insert 
" subsequent meetings" before "continued." 



EXPLANATION 



Of the Numbers P'ound upon the Accompanying Map. 



No. on 
Map. 

I 



Name of the Locator. 
1, 600 acres to Mark Newbie, Thomas Thackara, 
Robert Zane, George Goldsmith and Thomas 
Sharp. 

2 250 acres to William Bates. 

3 100 acres to Mark Newbie, Thomas Thackara, 

Robert Zane, William Bates, Thomas Sharp 
and Robert Turner. 

4 300 acres to William Cooper. 

5 450 acres to William Roydon (also the island). 

6 350 acres to Mark Newbie. 

7 500 acres fo Francis Collins. 

8 450 acres to Francis Collins. 

9 490 acres to Heniy Stacy. 
ID 500 acres to Richard Mathews. 

11 28 acres to John WHiite. 

12 400 acres to Robert Turner. 

13 500 acres to Robert Turner. 

14 1,500 acres to Samuel Norris. 

15 250 acres to Thomas Carlton. 

16 900 acres to Robert Turner. 

17 18 acres to John Ashton. 

18 500 acres to John Willis. 

19 117 acres to Francis Collins. 

20 220 acres to William Albertson. 

21 220 acres to Robert Turner. 

22 200 acres to Richard Arnold. 

23 500 acres to Robert Turner. 



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